Document Outline

• Thank You for Choosing Epiphan!
  • Firmware update to 3.15.2
  • Limitations and known issues
• Table Of Contents
• Start here
  • About this Guide
  • What is Pearl?
    • AV inputs
    • What's in the Box?
    • Front and back view
    • Tech specs
  • Quick start
    • What’s Next?
• PART 1: Setup
  • The admin interface
    • Connect to the admin interface
    • User administration
  • Pearl's touch screen
    • Touchscreen overview
    • View system information
    • Channel monitoring
    • Pearl's audio jack
    • Control recording
    • Configure the touch screen
  • View system information
  • Configure network settings
    • Verify IP Address and MAC address via the touch screen
    • Verify IP Address and MAC address via the web interface
    • Configure DHCP
    • Configure a static IP address
    • Tether to a mobile network
    • Perform network diagnostics
  • Configuration presets
    • Configuration presets overview
    • Configuration groups
    • Create a configuration preset
    • Apply a configuration preset from the web interface
    • Apply a configuration preset using the touch screen
    • Apply the Factory default configuration preset
    • Update a configuration preset
    • Delete a configuration preset
    • Configuration preset considerations
  • Configure date and time
    • Verify date and time via the touch screen
    • Verify date and time settings
    • Configure synchronized time (NTP, PTP v1, and RDATE)
    • Configure the date and time manually
    • Change the time zone
    • Configure a Local NTP Server
• PART 2: Capture
  • What is a channel?
    • Use the automatic channels Auto A and Auto B
    • Create a simple channel
    • Create a custom channel
    • Configure encoding
    • Add channel metadata
    • Preview a channel
    • Preview all channels at once
    • Rename a channel
    • Delete a channel
  • Live video mixing / switching
  • What is a source?
    • Connect a source
    • Preview a source
    • Configure a source
    • Rename a source
    • Control audio volume
    • Confirm audio levels (via the touch screen)
  • Troubleshoot capture
    • Remove black bars (matte) from the video
    • Force the capture card to use a specific EDID
    • Unstretch the output video
    • Video not centered (VGA sources only)
    • Remove the combing effect on images
    • Video looks squished (VGA sources only)
    • Video too bright, too dark or washed out (VGA sources only)
• PART 3: Stream
  • What is streaming?
    • Choose a streaming option
    • Supported streaming formats
  • Stream to viewers
    • Stream content using HTTP or RTSP
    • Configure HTTP and RTSP streaming ports
    • Stream content using HLS (HTTP Live Streaming)
    • Send stream URLs to viewers
    • View the Flash stream
    • Viewing with a web browser
    • Viewing with a media player (RTSP)
    • Disable (and enable) streams for viewers
    • Restrict access to streams for viewers
    • Restrict viewers by IP address
    • IP Restriction Examples
  • Stream to a server
    • Stream to a CDN
    • Stream content using multicast
  • Stream to a media player
    • Stream content using multicast
    • Stream content using UPnP
  • Samples of stream settings
    • Streaming video content
    • Streaming slide content
• PART 4: Record
  • What is a recording?
    • Recording basics
    • Record a channel via the web interface
    • Record a channel via the touch screen
    • Configure recording file size
    • Restart recording
  • Recorders
    • Add a recorder
    • Change the channels recorded by a recorder
    • Record with a recorder
    • Rename recorded files
    • Delete recorded files manually
  • Recorded files
    • View list of recorded files
    • Download recorded files manually
    • Extract tracks from a recording
    • Rename recorded files
    • Delete recorded files manually
  • File and recording transfer
    • Automatic file upload (AFU) overview
    • Choose files to include in AFU
    • Enable and set timing for AFU
    • AFU to an FTP server
    • AFU using RSync
    • AFU using CIFS
    • AFU to a secure FTP server
    • AFU using SCP
    • AFU or copy to USB drive
    • View the AFU log
    • Manage the AFU queue
  • Local FTP server
    • Configure the local FTP server
    • Using the local FTP Server
• PART 5: Maintenance
  • Mobile / tablet operator interface
    • Connect to the tablet interface
    • Confidence monitoring using the tablet interface
    • Verify disk space via the tablet interface
    • Control recording via the tablet interface
    • Switch to the full admin interface
  • Power down and system restart
    • Restarting the device via the web interface
    • Shutting down the Device via the Web Interface
    • Shutting down the device manually
  • Save and restore device configuration
    • Save device configuration
    • Load a saved device configuration
  • Perform factory reset
    • Restore factory configuration via the web interface
  • Firmware upgrade
    • Check for Firmware Updates
    • Install firmware
  • Support
    • Download logs and allinfo
    • Configure remote support
    • Disable Remote Support
  • Storage disk maintenance
    • Check disk storage space
    • Check disk storage space via the touch screen
    • Schedule disk check
    • Perform disk check
  • Third party integration
    • Control with RS-232 / serial port
    • Control with HTTP commands
    • Configuration keys for third party APIs
  • Troubleshooting
• Releases and Features
• Software and Documentation License