Introduction

Purpose

Welcome to the Volicon Observer User Guide. This document will provide the details and instructions necessary to guide you through the configuration and operation of the Volicon Observer platform. It addresses specific Observer functions, including the applied use of media clips; proving FCC compliance advertisement verification, and general media stream management.

Definitions and acronyms

The following table defines terms and acronyms used in this document:

Services	A/V program content with the associated metadata
ARL	As Run Logs use customer extracted program schedules
CC	Closed Captioning
CS	Central Server
MH	Media-Hub server also referred to as the Observer Transport Stream (TS) server
PLR	Program Loudness Report - loudness values recorded over time
Encoder	Observer module that receives and processes media signals
Listener	Business logic service module
Vchip	Allows the blocking of programs based on their ratings category
PSIP	Program/System Information Protocol - TS program schedule for ATSC DTV
XDS	Extended Data Services – metadata on NTSC signal
PAT	Program Association Table
PMT	Program Map Tables – one per program
WM	Windows Media protocol