Technical Specifications

Flamingo 660 series

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Content
CONTENT ..................................................................................................................................... 2
REVISION HISTORY ....................................................................................................................... 3
SYSTEM OVERVIEW ...................................................................................................................... 4
Flamingo 660 - Description .................................................................................................................................... 4

PRODUCT OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................... 5

General.................................................................................................................................................................. 5
Key Features .......................................................................................................................................................... 5

DEVICE DESCRIPTION.................................................................................................................... 6
Front...................................................................................................................................................................... 6

Front panel view.................................................................................................................................................................... 6

Front panel LCD and Keyboard......................................................................................................................................... 6
Rear ....................................................................................................................................................................... 8

Rear panel view .................................................................................................................................................................... 8

Serial (Console) Interface .................................................................................................................................................... 8
Ethernet Management Interface ......................................................................................................................................... 8
Ethernet Streaming Interface .............................................................................................................................................. 8
TS Input .................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Earth Connector ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Power outlet ........................................................................................................................................................................... 9
DESCRIPTION OF THE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM .............................................................................10
LCD ...................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Command line interface (SSH, Serial Interface) ................................................................................................... 10
Web Interface...................................................................................................................................................... 10
Logs systems........................................................................................................................................................ 10

STANDARD COMPLIANCE.............................................................................................................11
GENERAL DEVICE SPECIFICATIONS ...............................................................................................12
TS Inputs.............................................................................................................................................................. 12

Satellite Input (DVB-S and DVB-S2) ................................................................................................................................ 12

Terrestrial COFDM Input.................................................................................................................................................... 13
Cable QAM Input ................................................................................................................................................................ 14
MPEG-2 Encoding input ..................................................................................................................................................... 15
Conditional Access............................................................................................................................................... 16
ReMux Possibilities.............................................................................................................................................. 17

MPTS Pass-through.............................................................................................................................................................. 17
Simple SPTS Remux ............................................................................................................................................................ 17
Simple SPTS Modes ............................................................................................................................................................ 18
PID filtering and remapping ............................................................................................................................................. 18
IP Streaming ........................................................................................................................................................ 18
MTBF ................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Physical and Power Supply .................................................................................................................................. 19

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Revision history
Issue
1.0

Date
07/12/2009

HW
1.0

SW
2.3.3.1

Author
DA

Table 1 Revision history

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Comments
First release

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System overview
The TVStreamer units- which have been renamed Flamingo 660 are designed to receive different
kind of feeds. They are designed as digital turnaround products.
Depending on the model of the Flamingo 660, it can receive satellite feeds, cable feeds, DTT
(Terrestrial Television) feeds or analog feeds.
The streams provided by the Flamingo 660 units can be sent for a direct use. In this case, the streams
will not be modified at all. It means that quality and bitrates are unchanged.
The streams can also be used to feed different IP-based devices such as transcoders and edge QAMs
in order to output streams with different quality or on a QAM based network.

Flamingo 660 - Description

The Flamingo 660 is a 4 RU chassis in which multiple interfaces can be inserted.
The supported interface boards are:
- DVB-S2 board with CI-Interface (multi service descrambling)
- DVB-T board with CI-Interface (multi service descrambling)
- DVB-C board with CI-Interface (multi service descrambling)
- Mpeg2 Encoding board
The Flamingo 660 is designed to demodulate, descramble, demux, remux and stream over IP DVB
compliant mpeg-2 transport streams, or digitalize, encode and stream analog streams.
DVB-S and DVB-T cards could be mixed. All possible combinations are available.
The treatment chain inside a Flamingo 660 can be described as below:

N cards up to 6

Figure 1 Internal architecture of a Flamingo 660

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Product Overview
General
The Flamingo 660 series is a 4 RU multiple service descrambler or MPEG-2 encoder with IP output,
designed to demodulate, descramble, remux and stream DVB compliant mpeg-2 transport streams.

Key Features
This is the list of features related to the Flamingo 660:
Support for DVB-S, DVB-S2, DVB-C, DVB-T and Encoding support
DVB-CI
Remote controllable via RS-232
Remote controllable via HTTP
Remote controllable via SSH
Full XML API
Up to 12 channels descrambling per CI (depending on Smartcards and CAMs)
Up to 600 Mbps output

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Device description
Front
Since the Flamingo 660 is designed to be installed in environments where access to the server room
might not be restricted enough, the door on the front panel can be locked in order to protect the
CAMs and smartcards.

Front panel view

The front panel of the ViaLive 220 series units features mainly:
a LCD screen with a 6 buttons keypad
a set of 2 LEDs
6 slots for CAM modules
1 power button
1 Reset button
2 slots for HDD extension (Flamingo 700 model)

Figure 2 Front view (opened

Figure 3 Front view (closed)

Front panel LCD and Keyboard

Figure 4 - Front Panel LCD View

A LCD exists on the front panel- it is combined with a keypad with 6 keys.
This LCD is used for:
displaying information during boot
displaying information during normal use
configure management IP address and parameters

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The menu of the Flamingo 660 is displayed below:

Menus

Level2

Level3

Network Conf->

Ipconf->

Mgmt: DHCP Y/N

Mgmt: IP XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
Mgmt: Netmask XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
Gateway: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
Mgmt: MII Auto Negociate/1OHD/10FD/1OOFD/100HD/1000FD/1000HD
use GbE
Y/N

IGMP Queriers->

Mgmt: Enabled

Mgmt->

Link : 1000FD
dhcp : No
ip: 10.0.10.151
mask: 255.255.0.0
gw: 10.0.O.1

Gbe->

Link : No
dhcp : No
Disabled

Disks Status->

Disk1->
Disk2->

Not detected
Not Detected

Channel Conf->

Autoscan->

Autosetup Y/N
Scanning...

Muxes Conf->

Arte 586-> N/A-N/A

ArteHD 498-> N/A-N/A
BFM TV 474-> DVBT1-N/A
CANAL+ 522-> DVBT4-N/A --->DVBT4-DVBT1 OK
CANAL+ cine 522-> DVBT4-N/A
C+sport 522-> DVBT4-N/A
CAnal J 522-> DVBT4-N/A
Cap 24 490-> DVBT2-N/A
Canal 21 490-> DVBT2-N/A
[...]

General Setup->

Default IP-> 239.192.000.000

Default port -> 01234
Autosetup -> YES/NO

DVBS1->

FREQ: 11.681Mhz
No signal

DVBS2->

[...]

DVBT1->

FREQ: 474Mhz
Signal: -3dBm
BER: 58*10
SNR: 25dB

DVBT2->

[...]

DVBT3->

[...]

DVBT4->

[...]

DVBS1->

No module detected

DVBS2->

No module detected

DVBT1->

No module detected

DVBT2->

No module detected

DVBT1->

No module detected

DVBT2->

No module detected

NetworkStatus->

DVB Status->

CAM Status->

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Rear
Rear panel view

Figure 5 Rear view

Serial (Console) Interface

The plug labelled Console is used for the LS data connection.
Its details are given below:
Parameter
Connector Type:
Electrical format:
Data rate:
Data:
Parity:
Stop bits:

Performance
9 pin D-sub (male)
RS232
38400
8
None
1
Table 2 LS Data specification

Ethernet Management Interface

The plug labelled Mgmt is used for management and for streaming.
The details of this interface are given below:
Parameter
Connector Type:
Protocol:
Speed:
Duplex:

Performance
RJ45 (female)
Ethernet
10, 100, 1000
Half, Full
Table 3 Mgmt specification

Ethernet Streaming Interface

The plug labelled GbE is used for streaming.
The details of those interfaces are given below:
Parameter
Connector Type:
Protocol:
Speed:
Duplex:

Performance
RJ45 (female)
Ethernet
10, 100, 1000
Half, Full
Table 4 GbE specification

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TS Input
The plugs labelled DVB-xx 1 to DVB-xx 6 are the TS inputs.
Parameter
Connector Type:
Impedance:

Performance
F - Type
75 Ohms
Table 5 inputs specification

Earth Connector
An earth connector exists on the equipment. It is located on the rear panel in the right upper corner.
It provides a suitable connection between the Flamingo 660 series and the installation to give a low
impedance path.

Power outlet
The power outlet comprises a connector. The On/Off switch is on the front panel.

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Description of the management system

LCD
Parameter
Access Mode:
Password protection:
System configuration:
IP configuration:
Streaming configuration:
Log display:
Firmware upgrade:
Configuration management:
Configuration Status

Performance
Physical
No
Yes
Yes
Yes in DVB-T
No
No
No
Yes

Table 6 LCD interface possibilities

Command line interface (SSH, Serial Interface)

Parameter
Access Mode:
Password protection:
IP configuration:
System configuration:
Streaming configuration:
Log display:
Firmware upgrade:
Configuration management:

Performance
admin, monitor
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes

Table 7 SSH interface possibilities

Web Interface
Parameter
Access Mode:
Password protection:
System configuration:
IP configuration:
Streaming configuration:
Log display:
Firmware upgrade:
Configuration management:

Performance
admin, monitor
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

Table 8 Web interface possibilities

Logs systems
Parameter
Modes:
Local memory:
Remote syslog system:
Log date & hour:

Performance
Local file and Syslog
Up to 5000 entries
Linux compatible
Local clock, NTP synchro
Table 9 Logs and alarms systems

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Standard compliance
Flamingo 660 series units comply with the following standards:
Standard #
ISO 639
ISO/IEC 13818-1
IETF RFC 791
IETF RFC 768
IETF RFC 793
IETF RFC 1889
IETF RFC2616
ETSI EN 300421

ETSI EN 300429
ETSI EN 300468
ETSI EN 300744

Standard Title
Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages
Information technology Generic coding of moving
pictures and associated audio information Systems
IP v4
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP)
Hypertext Transfer Protocol http/1.1
Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Framing structure,
channel coding and modulation for 11/12 GHz satellite
services
Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Framing structure,
channel coding and modulation for cable systems
Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Specification for
Service Information (SI) in DVB systems
Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB);
Framing structure, channel coding and
modulation for digital terrestrial television
Table 10 Flamingo 660 series Standard compliance

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General device specifications

TS Inputs
Satellite Input (DVB-S and DVB-S2)
Parameter
Connector Type:
Impedance:
Modulation support:
Symbol range:
Max transport stream rate:
FEC rate:
Frequency range:
Tuning steps:
Input Level:
LNB power feed V:
LNB power feed I:
LNB power supply tolerance:
LNB 22kHz:
LNB 22kHz frequency
tolerance:
LNB 22kHz amplitude:
Spectral Inversion:

Performance
F-type (female)
75 Ohms
QPSK, 8PSK
1 45 Msymbol /s (DVB-S)
3 33 Msymbol /s (DVB-S2)
80 Mbps
1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8 (auto)
950 2150 MHz
1MHz
-55 to -25 dBm
13.5 Vdc or 18Vdc
Max 450mA
+/- 8%
On/Off Selectable
+/- 4 kHz
650 mV +/- 250 mV
On/Off/Auto selectable

Table 11 DVB-S2 Input specification

The following parameters can be monitored from each input:

Montitoring parameters
VBER
SNR estimation
Instant Symbol rate

Unit
b/s
dBm
Msymbol/s

Table 12 DVB-S2 Input monitoring parameters

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Terrestrial COFDM Input

Parameter
Connector Type:
Impedance:
Power supply for active antennas:
Guard Interval:
Carrier Mode:
Carrier Modulation:
FEC rate:
Frequency range:
Tuning steps:
Hierarchy:
Input Level:

Performance
F-type (female)
75 Ohms
No
1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32
2K, 8K
QPSK, 16QAM or 64QAM
1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6 or 7/8
49 861 MHz
62.5 kHz (Std) or 166.67 KHz (UK)
High/Low selectable
-65 to -25 dBm

Table 13 DVB-T Input specification

The following parameters can be monitored from each input:

Montitoring parameters
CBER
VBER
SNR estimation
Instant Symbol rate

Unit
b/s
b/s
dBm
Msymbol/s
Table 14 - OFDM Input monitoring parameters

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Cable QAM Input

Parameter
Connector Type:
Impedance:
QAM Modulations:
Inversion:
Frequency range:
Tuning steps
Symbol Rate:
Signal acquisition
Channel BER
SNR
Signal strength

Performance
F-type (female)
75 Ohms
16,32,64,128 or 256
On, Off
48.125 855.25 MHz
166.67 KHz
0.87 to 8.7 Msymbol/s
< 10-6
> 12 dB
62 70 dBV
Table 15 DVB-C Input specification

The following parameters can be monitored from each input:

Montitoring parameters
CBER
SNR estimation
Instant Symbol rate

Unit
b/s
dBm
Msymbol/s

Table 16 DVB-C Input monitoring parameters

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MPEG-2 Encoding input

Video Encoding

High-quality real-time encoding (I-, B-, and P-frames)

Supports MPEG-2 (MP@ML, SP@ML) and MPEG-1
- 525/60 (NTSC) up to 720x480 @ 30 fps
- 625/50 (PAL) up to 720x576 @ 25 fps
Variable and constant bit rate up to 15-Mbit/sec
Programmable GOP lengths
Adaptive field/frame (motion compensation type 8 DCT)
Field/frame motion estimation
- B-frame: 296(H) x 184(V)
- P-frame: 326(H) x 202(V)
- Half-pel accuracy
4:2:2 to 4:2:0 conversion
Speckle noise reduction
Sharpness control
Recursive noise reduction
Inverse telecine (3:2 pulldown)
Scene change detection
Adaptive quantization
Supports elementary program, and transport streams
Audio Encoding

MPEG-1 Layer II
Sampling rates of 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, and 48 kHz
Compressed bit rates up to 448 kbit/sec
Interfaces

Video Composite
- RCA-jack (female) connectors, PAL/SECAM/NTSC
Video S-VHS Signal (Y/C)
- SVHS-jack (female) connectors, PAL/SECAM/NTSC
Audio/Video RF TUNER
- IEC-jack (female) connectors, PAL/SECAM L L' B/G D/K I
- Input Frequency : 48.25 to 855.25 Mhz (UHF/VHF)
- Input Impedance : 75 Ohms
Audio input
- 3-pin stereo jack 3,5mm (mini) connectors

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Conditional Access
The Conditional Access system is a DVB Common Interface.
6 Interfaces are available on the Flamingo 660 series.
Each interface is related to a single input.
Contact ANEVIA for the latest list of certified CAM modules.
Parameter
Interface
Format
MMI Support
CAM Support

Performance
1 DVB-CIF Slot
EN50221
Through web interface
Single, dual and multiple service
Table 17 CA Specification

Monitoring parameters
Scrambled packet

Unit
{Alarm}
Table 18 CA Monitoring

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ReMux Possibilities
The user is reminded that the ISO/IEC 13181-1 compliancy of the output stream may not be effective
depending on the configuration selected.

MPTS Pass-through
Packets
PAT
PMT
SDT
EIT
TDT/TOT
CAT
TS packet

Behaviour
Unmodified
Unmodified1
Unmodified2
Unmodified
Unmodified
Unmodified
Unmodified
descramble3
Table 19 MPTS Table handling

A given MPTS can be retransmitted multiple times to different destinations with different
parameters.

Simple SPTS Remux

Packets
PAT
PMT
SDT
EIT
TDT/TOT
CAT

Behaviour
unmodified, regenerated,
blocked
unmodified, regenerated4,
blocked
unmodified, regenerated5,
blocked
unmodified, regenerated6,
blocked
unmodified, blocked
unmodified, blocked
Table 20 SPTS Table handling

A given service can be retransmitted multiple times to different destinations with different
parameters.

1: Even if descrambling is performed, the PMT and the CA descriptors are left unmodified
2: Even if descrambling is performed, the CAT and the CA descriptors are left unmodified
3:In case of descrambling of a TS packet, all modifications are performed by the DVB-CIF CAM module (including modification of scrambling
control bit)
4: In case of PMT regeneration, all existing descriptors are kept unchanged except CA Descriptors. No descriptor insertion can be
performed.
5: In case of SDT regeneration, all information regarding output service is kept, all others are discarded.
6: In case of EIT regeneration, all information regarding output service is kept, all others are discarded.

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Simple SPTS Modes

Mode
Passthrough

PID Filtering
PID Remapping

Behaviour
Output service unchanged
Any modification in incoming service is effective on output
service
Some PIDs are blocked
Some PIDs are remapped
Table 21 SPTS Table handling

PID filtering and remapping

Mode
PID Number
ES Type / Descriptor tag

Definition of the PIDs to remap/filter

based on PID number
Based on ES Type and descriptor tag7
Table 22 SPTS Table handling

IP Streaming
Parameter
Connector Type:
Protocol
Speed:
Duplex:
IP version:
Modes:

Performance
1 RJ45 (female)
Ethernet
10,100,1000 (auto or manual)
Half, Full (auto or manual)
4 or 6
Separate8, Bonding (Backup9,
Broadcast10, TLB11)
Mpeg-ts over UDP
Mpeg-ts over RTP
7 or other (configurable)
2 or 3 (auto)
600 Mbps
802.1q

Streaming protocol
TS packet number
IGMP version
Max output bitrate
VLAN support

Table 23 IP output specification

7: In case of ES Type / Descriptor Tag remapping, this allows for example the user to output French audio track on PID 101 even if incoming
PID for French audio changes.
8: In Separate mode, the user can select which interface is used for each output stream
9: In Backup mode, the two interfaces are seen as one
10: In Broadcast mode, each stream is sent on both interfaces with the same parameters
11: In TLB (Traffic Load Balancing mode), each stream is sent on one of the interfaces in order to balance the load of each interface. In case
of link failure on one interface, all streams will be sent on the remaining interface

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MTBF
Component
Power Supply
Motherboard
DOM
LCD Screen
DVB Cards
Total

Performance (hours)
110450
263270
2000000
100000
250000
36560 (around 4 years)

Physical and Power Supply12

Parameter
Height:
Width:
Depth:

Weight:
Operating temperature:
Storage temperature:
Humidity:
Voltage range:
Frequency range:
Consumption:

Performance
175mm (4RU)
480mm (19 rack size)
580 mm
20 mm plugs
10mm clearing
30Kg
0C to 50C
-10C to 60C
5-95%
100 Vac to 240 Vac
50 60 Hz
75W (maximum observed)

Table 24 Physical & Power Supply Specification

12: The Physical environment specification of the unit may be limited due to the specifications of the DVB-CIF CAM module in use.

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