How to Use DME Online Help Topics for Best Results

DME v3.15 Admin Guide : Welcome : How to Use DME Online Help Topics for Best Results

You are encouraged to become thoroughly familiar with the information contained in this documentation before getting started.

The DME is a complex and highly‑configurable product that can be used to transmux and stream video in a variety of different ways.

For best results, it is recommended that you use online help as follows:

1. Read the introduction and install the hardware as explained in the Introduction and Installation topics.

2. Carefully review the Getting Started topics. Pay particular attention to How the DME Functions and Plan for your DME Deployment.

3. Carefully review the Configure a DME Stream topics. Find the input and output use cases that are appropriate for your site and follow the step‑by‑step instructions.

4. While configuring your DME inputs and outputs, refer to the reference topics (for example System Configuration or Input Stream Configuration) for detailed information about each configurable parameter.

5. If you run into trouble, see the Logging and Monitor topics for help with finding errors or troubleshooting problems. If you experience unexpected behavior, see the DME Release Notes for caveats that may apply.

6. For step‑by‑step procedures that fully explain the encoder setup and the DME setup for multicast relays, see the Detailed Use Cases topics.

7. To learn how to extend the DME’s power, review the Rev Integration Functions topic in full.