Introduction
There are various device which we can configure by connecting directly management port in computer. While on the other hand some devices like encoders etc. need the particular software or tool to access it and configure it.
So in this article we will discuss about a harmonic tool NMX Digital Service Manager what is it and what are the features of NMX Digital Service Manager.
What Is NMX Digital Service Manager
NMX Digital Service Manager is Harmonic tool to manage the video network of harmonic products. It is GUI of various harmonic devices connected in network, which allow us to monitor and configure these devices remotely. It is solution for broadcasters as well as for Cable Tv Headends. It is multi-level security platform. NMX system can also interconnect with subsystems like Conditional Access System, Automation and scheduling etc.
NMX facilitate us to manage our whole headend network from a single computer which is called NMX server. A NMX server software is installed in NMX server while NMX client server is installed in NMX client computer. Maximum 25 NMX clients can be connected to a NMX server. Where NMX clients can be at different Geo-locations and can be remotely access the server to manage by TCP/IP, WAN or LAN. You can limit the privileges of client for management of network. The various devices connected in the network can be
Electra X2 Advanced Media Processor
VIBE EM2000 Encoder etc.
NMX Digital Service Manager is easy to use tool because if we want to create same kind of multiple virtual devices then we can do copy paste virtual icons of device in NMX GUI. Then we need to allocate MAC address and IP addresses to different icons individually.
Now If we want to establish a connection between these devices then we can simply connect two devices with a single line in GUI. After that we can connect these device to network graphically. Where color of signal line is green means link have established.
It also provides us alarm system for monitoring of network smartly. For example if a management cable is unplugged of device then its alarm system will show Red alarm and make device icon red. So that a Headend Engg. can easily troubleshoot with the problems.
NMX system allow us to check in detail Bandwidth Consumption in Network. It also have redundancy feature for the devices to make high up time of network. It supports the PSI SI table generation and can be found from external sources too.
Thus NMX Digital Service Manager provides us smart way to manage whole network.
Features Of NMX
(1) Easy to Use GUI with Cut, Copy and Paste functions.
(2) It supports Redundancy In Network which can be manual and automatic.
(3) Display of Alarms for monitoring the network health.
(4) It Supports PSI SI tables and Private Descriptors.
(5) It Supports the Conditional Access System.
(6) We can access the automation server and Scheduling Engine too.
(7) Its Client Server architecture facilitate us to manage the network from different locations.
(8) It is Secure Platform.
Conclusion
NMX Digital Service Manager is harmonic software to manage the harmonic equipment connected in digital headend Network virtually in GUI. It is smart software installed in server as well as in client to control the whole network remotely by performing the tasks like addition of services , deletion of services, generation of psi si tables, passing the streams from different paths, configuring the devices and monitoring the network alarms etc.
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