Flows

The Flows tab allows users to create, edit, or delete one source to many destinations for SRT, RIST, and/or UDP. Each source and destination set will create a flow in this page as well as each source and destination will be added as a Instance in “Adaptors”.

Key Capabilities

• Supported Protocols: Multicast, UDP, SRT, and RIST.

• Core Function: One-to-many replication and real-time protocol conversion.

• Management: Configured via wXcked Eye (System Management —> Flows tab).

• Easily configure multiple destinations to one source using a range of ports, or create one using a single port.

• Configure one or more flows for different swXtch(s) in the same user interface without having to go to another URL for that swXtch.

For more information on how these settings assist in obtaining metrics or how they are viewed in the the Topology Graph.

• wXcked Eye Adaptors (Protocol Fanout) for statistics on one or more Flows.

• wXcked Eye System Management/Adaptors

• wXcked Eye Topology Graph/Components/Adaptors to see the flows as adaptors.

The Flows page is organized into the following functions:

• General Navigation for Flows Tab

• Creating Flows

• Editing Flows

• Deleting a Flow

• Viewing Flow Stats

General Navigation for Flows Tab

On this page, the Flow name is sortable. A user will learn how to Edit Columns, Enable/Disable a flow, Create Flows, Edit Flows, and Delete Flows.

The flows can be expanded by selecting the arrow to the left of the flow to reveal all of the destinations for the flow, as shown below:

Flows can be disabled by toggling the Enabled button to off, as shown below:

Columns can be added by selecting the columns button. The following screen will display. Check or uncheck columns as desired and select close to change the columns.

To view options data, hover over the Options icon in destinations as shown below:

Creating Flow

1. Click Create Flow above the Flows section. A new window will open.

2. Enter the Flow Name.

   

3. Select the Protocol. Depending on the protocol selected, the fields shown will change. For example, if it is a “Caller”, then IP and Port will display, but if it is a “Listener”, then only Port will display for you to enter data.  In this example it is a listener therefore port is configured.

4. If desired change the latency and recovery buffer.  

5. Advanced settings allows you do two things:

   1. Set a multicast IP and Port to stream out the source as multicast.

   2. To select from other SRT options but typically is not necessary.  

6. In Destination select Protocol.

7. Depending on the protocol selected, the fields shown will change. For example, if it is a “Caller”, then IP and Port will display, but if it is a “Listener”, then only Port will display for you to enter data.  In this example it is a listener therefore port is configured.

8. Enter in one port to configure one destination, but if multiple destinations follow a pattern for example from port 5000 to 5010 then you can put in the range to save time as shown below:

9. If desired change the latency and recovery buffer.  

10. Advanced settings allows you do to select from other SRT options but typically is not necessary.  

11. Select “Add”, the destinations will be added.

12. View and edit any destinations as necessary.  More destinations can be added by using the center part of the user interface and adding more port or if caller is required adding port ip combination.  Ensure that you select “Add” every time a new set of destinations are added to get them into the bottom half of the screen.

13. When all destinations are entered select Create.  

14. Below is the result.  Note that if the SRT stream is running that the status should become active and connected.  In this case the SRT stream is not running.

    

Editing Flow

1. Click Edit Flow icon in the Flows Flows section.

2. Change the source or Remove or edit any lines in the bottom section of the user interface.

3. When clicking on the edit button the destination will be put into the middle section to be edited.  Make changes and select “Update”.

4. If new destinations need to be added use the middle section to add new destinations.

5. When done select “Save”.  

The flow changes are saved.  

Deleting a Flow

1. Click Edit Flow icon in the Flows Flows section.

2. Confirm delete.

3. Your flow will be deleted.  

Viewing Flow Stats

1. Click Show Adaptor Stats icon in the Flows Flows section.  To view stats.  This will bring you to the wXcked Eye Adaptors (Protocol Fanout) page.