Operation Manual

GOSTREAM BRD Operation and Management

The GOSTREAM BRD is configured using the free Dashboard application, which is available

for Windows, Apple OS X, and Linux. Dashboard can be downloaded from this link:

http://www.opengear.tv/dashboard-software

The GOSTREAM BRD user interface is depicted below. As with any openGear® card, it is

divided into a statistics panel on the left, and a configuration panel on the right. Each panel has

multiple tabs, corresponding to the various functions in the card. Note that the Card State alarm

indicator is also reflected in the green/red Status LED in the front of the board or the Status

button in the GOSTREAM BRD. The Status LED will be green when Card State is green or

yellow, and will be red when Card State is red.

For the remainder of this manual, all described features are available for the GOSTREAM BRD

card and stand-alone model unless explicitly stated. Both products are referred to as the BRD

decoder.

The following tabs are available:

 Product: this tab provides general information on the card, including firmware version,

uptime, temperatures, and other parameters. It appears only on the Statistics panel.

 Network: this tab is used to configure the IP addresses and network information for the

Ethernet ports. The statistics side of the panel includes some additional information such

as link state.

 ASI Input: this tab is used to configure/monitor the ASI Input port.

 ASI Output: this tab is used to configure/monitor the ASI Output port.

 Decoder: this tab is used to configure/monitor the decoding function.

 IP Outputs: this tab is used to configure/monitor the ASI to IP turnaround function.

 Monitoring: this tab is used to configure the decoder stream monitoring function, and to

inspect any monitoring alarms.

 Admin: this tab is used for general administrative functions, such as firmware upgrades,

licensing, logs, and configuration management.

 Support: this tab has information on how to contact Niagara Video Customer Support,

and has the ability to generate a tech support dump for the unit. When contacting

Niagara Video for support, always include the support dump from this tab.

 Control: this tab is present only in the GOSTREAM BRD stand-alone version of the

product. It allows for the configuration of the Ethernet control port and the SNMP

function.

Please note that DashBoard versions 4.0 and 4.1 have GUI performance problems with the GOSTREAM BRD.

We recommend version 5.0 or higher with the GOSTREAM BRD.