Scan CTP

Cloud Transport Protocol (CTP) is a TAG-designed protocol for channel sources primarily used to feed content into and from the Cloud. It has six tabs with its respective configuration, as discussed below.

*Please note from version 5.6 onwards SRT streams can also be configured in place of CTP.

The CTP GUI has the below fields.

To initiate the scan, click Submit after specifying the relevant details.

Fields	Description
Scan These are the mandatory fields and are displayed in the Scan Channels GUI.
Network	Logical network name, as configured under Network.
Device	Monitoring device name.
Access Type	Selected channel Scan Source (CTP).
Add Range Add Range allows to input a range of values (Multicast, Port, and Source Specific addresses) that could be generated for relevant channel sources. Click on the Generate button after all the below fields are specified.
From Multicast Address	Specify the Multicast address range from which it should be scanned (E.g., 255.1.10.1).
To Multicast Address	Specify the Multicast address range until which it should be scanned (E.g., 255.1.10.10).
From Port	Specify the Port address range from which it should be scanned (E.g., 8080).
To Port	Specify the Port address range from which it should be scanned (E.g., 8080).
From Source Specific Address	Specify the Source IP if needed.
To Source Specific Address	Specify the Source IP if needed.
Name Template Template for naming the channel source. Click on the Append or Override button to append or override an existing name.
Default Template	Default templates available are: #IP#: IP address. #PORT#: Port number. #SSM#: Source Specific Multicast. Default templates or any name of choice can be specified for the channel source name.
Sources All the details specified in the Add Range and Name Template are listed here. One can also set the below fields manually. Suppose there is a list of Sources with the below details that need to be added. Copy the details (ctrl+c) and click on the Sources table to paste (ctrl+v).
Name	Input the source channel's desired name manually or append the name from the Default Template.
IP Address/URL	Input a valid multicast IP address or URL of the source channel manually, or the IP address specified in the Add Range table is displayed.
Port	Input the source channel's valid port address manually, or the port address specified in the Add Range table is displayed.
SSM	Input the source channel's valid SSM manually, or the SSM specified in the Add Range table is displayed.

Note: To initiate the scan, click Submit. The number of found channels will be displayed on the Status column in the Scan Channels GUI on completing the scan. All new channels will be visible in gray on the Sources Configuration table.

Any existing channel rescanned will be assigned the Scanned profile in gray. To use these profile definitions later, go to the channel's profile, click the Scanned profile and rename it. See Profiles for more information.