I/O USB Bridge

Name

User-defined network name given to the I/O USB Bridge.

The Name may contain ASCII letters 'a' through 'z' (case-insensitive), the digits '0' through '9', and the hyphen. Names cannot begin or end with a hyphen. No other symbols, punctuation characters, or blank spaces are permitted.

Location

User-defined name that groups the component with other components in the same physical location, or in the same organizational scheme.

Is Network Redundant

Indicates that the USB Video Bridge is connected to redundant networks. LAN B information is displayed in the Audio Streams section of the Control Panel.

Is Required

When Is Required is set to Yes, an error displays if the hardware does not exist on the network. This is the default behavior.

When Is Required is set to No, the device is identified as not present, its status state is Not Present which is not considered an error. The color displayed for “Not Present” equipment is gray.

If a device is dynamically assignable but has not been assigned, it is considered Not Present” even if it is required.

Dynamically Paired

Indicates that this virtual component can be paired with the same type of hardware without changing the network id of the hardware, or the name of this component. Refer to Dynamic Pairing for more information.

USB Bridge Name

User-defined name given to the USB Bridge.

The Name may contain ASCII letters 'a' through 'z' (case-insensitive), the digits '0' through '9', and the hyphen. Names cannot begin or end with a hyphen. No other symbols, punctuation characters, or blank spaces are permitted.

The USB Bridge Name is the same as the I/O USB Bridge Name and will change if you rename the I/O USB Bridge Name. If you change the USB Bridge Name, it no longer changes with the I/O USB Bridge Name.

USB Transfer Mode

Select how video data is transferred through the USB bridge:

• Bulk mode (default) passes all video data without parsing. This mode may not be compatible with Skype for Business.
• Isochronous mode parses data to avoid filling the video buffer.

IMPORTANT:    For the most compatibility with Skype for Business, select Isochronous mode.

UVC Camera Control

The USB Video Bridge must be enabled.

When this is enabled, the camera can be controlled by far-end third party applications which support Relative Movement Commands. When disabled, the cameras cannot be controlled by the applications.

The default setting is enabled.

Provides the capability of passing audio via USB. When this is set to anything except Disabled, you can drag the Speakerphone and/or Sound Card components from the Core's Inventory components into your design. Refer to USB In and Out

Disabled – Default selection.

Speakerphone (1 x 1) – Provides a speakerphone with an input and output component, each having 1 audio connection.

Sound Card (2 x 2) – Provides a sound card with an input and output component, each having two (stereo) audio connections.

Speakerphone and Sound Card – Provides one speakerphone and one sound card with the same capabilities as described above.

ID

When the ID/Identify button, in the Q-SYS Designer Status component, or the Configurator's Network Configuration for the hardware, or on the physical hardware is pressed, the ID buttons in the Configurator and Status component flash, and the LCD on the physical Hardware flashes to indicate the association between the three.

The indicators will flash for 5 minutes unless you stop them by pressing any one of the buttons.

Status LED

This LED changes color to indicate the current status of the Core. See Status for the meanings of the various colors.

Status

Displays color-coded messages indicating the current status of the active Core.

OK – Green – (0) – Audio and / or Video is good, hardware is good.

Compromised – Orange – (1) – Audio and / or Video is good but a redundancy mechanism is active (one LAN down but the other is still up) or a non-fatal hardware problem exists (fans too slow, temperature higher than expected, etc.)

Fault – Red – (2) – Audio and / or Video is not passing, or hardware is malfunctioning or mis-configured (amplifier power off, audio streams broken, wrong type of I/O Card installed, loudspeaker short circuit, etc.)

Missing – Red – (3) – A piece of hardware, defined in the design, has not been discovered. Audio and / or Video is not passing through that piece of hardware.

Initializing – Blue – (5) – In the process of firmware, configuration update, and design start. Audio and Video are obviously bad.

Not Present – Gray – A virtual component in the design, that is designated as Dynamically Paired, and Not Required ,has no hardware assigned to it.

Clock Offset

Indicates how much of an offset exists between this Core and the Master Clock. If this Core is the Master Clock, the offset is zero.

Grandmaster

The clock master of the network. See ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision_Time_Protocol#Architecture)

Parent Port

The device and interface name that this device is syncing to when it’s not the clock master. Usually it is the same as the Grandmaster name.

Input / Output OK LED

(LAN A / LAN B)

You must have "Is Network Redundant" set to Yes in the Properties to see LAN B.

This LED changes color to indicate the current status of the I/O USB Bridge. See Status for the meanings of the various colors.

Suppress button

If the I/O USB Bridge is installed and "Is Network Redundant" is set to yes, but the redundant network is not connected, an error is displayed, This button suppresses the error that would be caused by LAN B not being connected.

You must have "Is Network Redundant" set to Yes in the Properties.

Connection

Green LED indicating that the USB Out component is connected to a computer.

USB Speed

Speed of the USB Connection. For example: High (2.0)

Active

Green LED indicating that signal is streaming.

More button

Click to show or hide the details listed below. (Samples, SRC+, SRC-)

Samples

Total number of samples since the audio started, or since the count has been reset.

SRC+

The number of samples added in order to match the USB clock with the Q-SYS PTP clock

SRC-

The number of samples removed in order to match the USB clock with the Q-SYS PTP clock

Input LED

Indicates whether or not there is active input to the I/O USB Bridge.

Video Bridge Input Connection

The network Name of the input device (camera).

Test (button)

Test the network setup for the Q-SYS video streaming implementation without having a PC or any USB connection. This tests QoS and IGMP on multicast.

Number of frames per second being sent by the camera

Bitrate (Mb/s)Src

Speed of the connection in Mb/s

BMcast IP Src

Bad Multicast IP Sources (IP Stream 1 only)

Packets Lost

Number of packets lost since the last reset.

Packet Loss%

The percentage of packets lost based on Packets Lost and Packet Count.

Packet Count

Total number of packets since the last reset.

Frames Lost

Total number of frames lost since the last reset.

Frame Count

Total number of frames sent.

USB Active LED

Video Bridge USB Active: Indicates if the USB is active or not.

Video Bridge USB Format

(text field under USB LED)

Displays the format of the Video present on the USB (ex. 1080P30 MJPEG)

Frames per Sec

USB Frames Per Second

Bitrate (Mb/s)

USB Bitrate

Buf Depth

USB Buffer Depth

SRC-

The number of samples removed in order to match the USB clock with the Q-SYS PTP clock

SRC+

Clock Grandmaster Name

Text box indicating the network name of the Network Clock Grandmaster

Clock Offset From Master

0.000 to n

0 ms to n ms

0 to 1.000

Clock Parent Port Name

Text box indicating the network name of the Parent port, usually the same as the Clock Grandmaster with the LAN appended.

I/O USB Bridge Status

Text field displaying the current status of the I/O USB Bridge

LAN A (LAN B) Input Stream Details

Read-only text field listing details about the Input audio streams.

LAN A (LAN B) Input Stream OK

0

1

false

true

0.00

1.00

LAN A (LAN B) Output Stream Details

Read-only text field listing details about the Output audio streams.

LAN A (LAN B) Output Stream OK

0

1

false

true

0.00

1.00

Active

0

1

Off

On

0

1

Reset Counters

Trigger button

SRC-

0 and up

0 and up

0.00 to 1.00

SRC+

0 and up

0 and up

0.00 to 1.00

Total Samples

0 and up

0 and up

0.00 to 1.00

USB Connected

0

1

Off

On

0

1

Input Active

0

1

false

true

0

1.00

Input Connection

Text Field

<name of camera connected to the USB Video Bridge>

Reset

0

1

0 or false

1 or true

0.00

1.00

Bad Multicast IP Sources
(Stream 1 only)

0 and up

0 and up

0.00 to 1.00

Bitrate

0.0000 and up

0.0000 and up

0.00 to 1.00

FPS

0 to 30

0 to 30

0.00 to 1.00

Frame Count

0 and up

0 and up

0.00 to 1.00

Frame Loss

0 and up

0 and up

0.00 to 1.00

Packet Count

0 and up

0 and up

0.00 to 1.00

Packet Loss Percentage

0.00 to 100

0.00% to 100%

0.00 to 1.00

Packets Lost

0 and up

0 and up

0.00 to 1.00

Active

0

1

false

true

0

1.00

Bitrate

0.0000 and up

0 and up

0.00 to 1.00

Buffer Depth

0.0000 and up

0 and up

0.00 to 1.00

Format

FPS

0 to 30

SRC-

0 and up