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Rohde & Schwarz presents world’s first comprehensive 5G Broadcast solution at IBC 2019

 

 

The Rohde & Schwarz solution for the first complete 5G Broadcast transmission consists of the core network functionality provided by the new R&S BSCC broadcast service and control center and R&S Tx9 transmitters, which support FeMBMS. This all-in-one solution covers all entities from the content provider to the consumer and is fully compliant with 3GPP Release 14. R&S BSCC enables broadcasters for efficient distribution of high-quality video to the 5G ecosystem. The world’s first complete 5G Broadcast solution will be showcased at the Rohde & Schwarz booth B.21 in hall 7.

 

In recent years, media consumption has shifted significantly toward smartphones and other portable devices. Reaching the billions of smartphones around the world will be the future of broadcasting. 3GPP Release 14 is enabling this future by using FeMBMS (Further evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service). As a part of the Bavarian research project 5G TODAY, Rohde & Schwarz is investigating large-scale TV broadcasts in the FeMBMS mode. Using high-power high-tower (HPHT) transmitters allows broadcasters to distribute video over 5G networks in downlink-only mode with all the advantages of classic broadcasting. This provides the high quality levels known from HDTV broadcasting, low-latency live content as well as enormous spectrum efficiency and wide coverage. There is no need for a SIM card in the mobile device.

 

To help utilize all these benefits, Rohde & Schwarz is the first technology vendor worldwide to offer a complete 5G Broadcast solution for network operators. This solution covers all entities from the content provider to consumers. R&S Tx9 transmitters provide FeMBMS based on a unique software-based signal processing platform. The pure software-based signal processing platform gives network operators great flexibility and ideally prepares them for future signal processing requirements.

 

At IBC, Rohde & Schwarz is launching its new 5G Broadcast core network element, the R&S BSCC broadcast service and control center, which enables Rohde & Schwarz terrestrial transmitters to deliver LTE/5G Broadcast content. This element provides core network functionality so that network operators can distribute content over LTE/5G Broadcast. The main benefit of the R&S BSCC is that it reduces 3GPP core network entities’ complexity to meet broadcasters’ needs for a straightforward LTE/5G Broadcast experience. The overall Rohde & Schwarz solution makes it very easy to configure network parameters. Multiple Rohde & Schwarz FeMBMS transmission sites can be centrally configured in the R&S BSCC core network element.

 

R&S®CLIPSTER is a powerful tool to edit any type of media in any resolution and create a high-quality professional deliverable that meets stringent, professional delivery specifications. R&S®CLIPSTER provides a foundation for post-production vendors to build services upon.

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All you need for broadcast signal analysis in one instrument

The R&S®ETL TV Analyzer is an all-in-one solution. It combines the functionality of a TV and FM (radio) signal analyzer, a video and MPEG TS analyzer and a spectrum analyzer in a single instrument. The R&S®ETL also contains generators to create analog video signals, audio signals and MPEG-2 transport streams.

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The R&S®PKU100 is a solid-state power amplifier for the Ku band with a peak power of 400 W. It features top-notch efficiency in an extremely compact design. The powerful optional adaptive digital linearization improves the RF parameters in a manner never before available. This amplifier thus combines the advantages of solid-state and tube-based amplifiers.

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R&S®PRISMON is an innovative and versatile software-based solution for monitoring and multiviewing of audio/video content. It supports the present and future plethora of standards for content transport and media formats, both in legacy and modern IP-based environments. In addition, it offers a comprehensive set of protocols for OTT/streaming scenarios.

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Rohde & Schwarz launches its new Monitoring-as-a-Service (MaaS) solution R&S PRISMON.cloud in Europe

 

 

At IBC 2019, Rohde & Schwarz rolls out its cloud-based OTT monitoring solution PRISMON.cloud in Europe, making it now available in the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, France, the UK and Italy. New features first presented at this year’s show in Amsterdam corroborate Rohde & Schwarz´s aspiration in offering the ideal monitoring tool for broadcasters, content and streaming platform providers. R&S PRISMON.cloud can be deployed quickly and without dedicated hardware. A flexible and scalable pricing model allows users to reduce investment costs (CAPEX), therefore, provides a tailored monitoring solution also for event driven usage peaks.

 

R&S PRISMON.cloud was designed to enable OTT providers to permanently understand the current Quality-of-Service (QoS) but also to quickly and easily adapt their monitoring infrastructure, for example when peak loads during the transmission of large events require extended service.

 

A live multiview function, automated analysis of A/V data and error assignment in real time placed in an intuitive analysis dashboard make it possible to permanently measure QoS parameters, store it in a cloud environment and visualize it in a timeline format.

 

Thanks to the easy-to-use setup wizard, it only takes minutes to add new virtual IoT sensors around the globe and connect them to the dashboard. The cloud solution has been extended with an API interface to integrate current data into network management systems and now provides configurable incident notifications.

 

In combination with the widely used on-premise monitoring solution R&S PRISMON, OTT data from both physical and virtual sensors can be displayed in a single dashboard. As a new feature, SMPTE 2110 data from R&S PRISMONs can now also be viewed in the PRISMON.cloud dashboard.

 

The resulting end-to-end transparency quickly and easily reveals errors such as deterioration of video or audio quality or poor CDN performance as a cause of churn. PRISMON.cloud sensors are available in two service packages: silver and gold. These packages can be ordered in the Rohde & Schwarz App Store as three-month and twelve-month subscriptions. There is also a free trial that enables customers to try out R&S PRISMON.cloud with no obligation. For more information about the service packages, visit www.prismon.cloud.

 

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R&S SpycerNode represents the first in a new breed of storage systems that harness the latest advances in High Performance Computing (HPC), a term that refers to the system’s performance, scalability and redundancy. HPC is a combination of hardware, file system and RAID approach. HPC employs redundancy using software “RAID” technologies called erasure coding in combination with declustering to increase overall performance and reduce rebuild times. Also, system scalability is almost infinite and expansion is possible during operation.

The most compelling aspect of R&S SpycerNode is its building-block characteristics. It provides the ability to build a single global name space with different speeds of storage node.

In developing R&S SpycerNode, Rohde & Schwarz engineers have looked at many of the key issues that impact on media storage systems within high-performance video editing environments from annoying maintenance requirements – such as defraging – to much more serious system failures including dying disk drives, which can have catastrophic consequences to a project that is being worked on.

R&S SpycerNode features Rohde & Schwarz‘s device manager web application which makes it much easier to set up and use Rohde & Schwarz solutions in an integrated fashion. Device manager helps to reduce setup times and simplifies maintenance and service due to its intuitive web-based UI operated through a single client.

A critical requirement of any high-performance video storage system is proven data security. In developing R&S SpycerNode, Rohde & Schwarz has introduced data protection systems based on erasure coding and declustering. Erasure coding means that a data block is always written including parity.

Declustering is a part of the data protection approach of HPC setups (formerly known as RAID). It is software based and in comparison to a traditional RAID setup the spare disk is spread over all other disks and is not a dedicated disk. This will decrease rebuild times and reduce performance impact. Also, there are no limitations with the RAID controller, which results in much higher IOPS (Input/Output operations per second). Importantly, there is no impact on system performance over time due to declustering.

R&S SpycerNode comes in multiple 2U and 5U chassis designs, which are available with NL-SAS HDD and SAS SSDs in different capacities. An additional 2u24 chassis design is a pure flash system. There are main processor units and JBOD units. A main unit is always redundant, equipped with two appliance controllers (AP). Each AP features two 100 Gbit interfaces resulting in four 100 Gbit interfaces per main unit.

The combination of different chassis systems makes R&S SpycerNode applicable to a very broad range of applications. The 2u system represents a compact, lightweight unit that is ideal for application within mobile productions as well as offering a very dense, high speed storage device for on-premise applications. A larger 5u system offers sophisticated large-scale storage facilities on-premise within broadcast production centres and Post facilities.

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Rohde & Schwarz presents its R&S SpycerPAM production asset management hall 7, booth B21. The software extension of the R&S SpycerNode storage platform simplifies project management and integration of a multitude of video processing tools. This makes workflows more efficient, especially for post production companies.

 

Managing access rights, proxy administration and avoiding multiple storage of assets are just a few of the challenges that complex film projects may face. The R&S SpycerPAM project asset management solution addresses these issues and significantly simplifies project handling. It offers functions such as asset management, rights management, metadata management and proxy generation as well as many features that simplify collaboration, allowing users to focus on being creative.

 

R&S SpycerPAM supports numerous video processing tools, including Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Avid Pro Tools and Avid Media Composer. R&S SpycerPAM seamlessly integrates the tools and creates its own "project mounts" for project management on R&S SpycerNode. Users can be assigned different access rights and see only assets and projects for which they have permission. Previewable proxies are generated automatically for the assets used, regardless of type – videos, complex Photoshop files, etc. Previews can be accessed with a single click. Smart mirror mechanisms prevent redundant storage of assets from various projects in R&S SpycerNode memory and sustainably reduce the storage capacity needed. In addition, rough cuts can be created quickly with the integrated web-based Preditor and then linked in the user's preferred processing tool.

 

The R&S SpycerNode storage solution was unveiled at IBC 2018. It represents a new and radically different approach to a wide variety of requirements for media file storage solutions. R&S SpycerNode features high availability, scalability and redundancy.

 

 

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Its overall energy efficiency values of up to 40 % for COFDM and 43 % for ATSC represent all-time highs. The transmitter family is based on the wellestablished R&S®THU9 platform and carries forward all of its proven strengths. Network operators benefit from low operating costs throughout the product’s lifecycle.

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From commissioning to servicing, the R&S®TLU9 Transmitter and GapFiller family offers the highest reliability, ensuring troublefree operation during the device’s lifetime. The product is very convenient to use, thanks to features such as adaptive digital predistortion and an intuitive graphical user interface. The use of premium RF components and sophisticated design deliver high availability, with the highest MTBF values on the market.

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The R&S®TMU9 UHF transmitter family offers unique flexibility by providing more than 50 different standard configurations. Featuring efficiency of up to 42 %, it achieves the highest energy saving on the market. Plus, the simple system configuration allows quick startup. The high availability of the R&S®TMU9 ensures unsurpassed reliable operation. And its compact size saves space at the transmitter site.

The R&S®TMU9 air-cooled transmitters attain output powers in from 300 W to 3.0 kW for digital standards and up to 4.75 kW for analog standards. The transmitters are accommodated in only on rack, saving a lot of space at the transmitter site.

With efficiency values of up to 30 % in normal mode, the transmitters save a great deal of energy and significantly reduce CO2 emissions. The Doherty architecture for boosting efficiency increases this figure to up to 42 %. These figures are unparalleled on the market, making the R&S®TMU9 transmitter familie the global benchmark for broadcast transmitters with optimized operating costs.

The transmitters feature unique system variability. Innovative configurations, such as MultiTX or N+1 systems in a single rack, and built-in bandpass filters ensure short delivery times even for special transmitter configurations. Excellent efficiency and the integration of multiple transmitters into a single rack reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) of a transmitter system by more than half over the system’s lifetime.

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Rohde & Schwarz presents its new DAB+ transmitter platform at IBC. The R&S TMV9evo air-cooled medium-power transmitter (350 W and up) and the R&S THV9evo liquid-cooled high-power transmitter (1.3 kW and up) ensure smooth and reliable operation designed for simplicity and longevity.

 

The biggest challenges for network operators are the various operating costs: energy costs, costs to ensure service quality, the devices’ limited operating life, and even transmission downtime penalties. DAB+ transmission has never been so easy and yet secure as with the two new transmitters R&S TMV9evo and R&S THV9evo. They offer both the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) and a high safety of investment.

 

The new DAB+ transmitter platform is characterized by efficient operation at all levels. It is based on a tried-and-tested platform, thousands of which are in use worldwide and proving their reliability day in and day out. Rohde & Schwarz continues to put priority on ensuring the new transmitters a long product life of 15 years or more, thus offering network operators a longer-than-average investment profit phase. Backed up by service level agreements with a term of up to ten years, this ensures constant operational readiness while facilitating planning of operating costs.

 

The new R&S TMV9evo and R&S THV9evo transmitters feature an outstanding VHF band III amplifier design, providing network operators an extremely high energy efficiency of up to 49 percent in each of the band’s channels. This reduces energy consumption while making operation very cost-efficient. Rohde & Schwarz can draw on years of experience with Doherty technology to achieve exceptional Doherty efficiency. The DAB+ amplifiers also have such a solid thermal design that even continuous operation at 45 °C outdoor temperature and full output power does not limit operation. Rohde & Schwarz DAB+ transmitters ensure broadcasting distribution and reliable operation even under adverse environmental conditions.

 

With the R&S TMV9evo and R&S THV9evo, the latest features of the recently introduced R&S Tx9evo transmitter platform are now also available for VHF band III. For example, excellent adaptive digital precorrection from Rohde & Schwarz ensures consistently high signal quality over years of broadcasting operation. R&S efficiency optimization is another new feature. It ensures maximum energy savings even after adjusting the output power or changing channels: an intelligent algorithm, which is activated at the press of a button or adaptively, optimizes the amplifier parameters so that the transmitter operates at maximum energy efficiency. Until now, transmitter experts were needed for this purpose, in order to adjust the station’s transmitter to its new parameters. Today, R&S efficiency optimization does this at the touch of a button – even via remote control, thus ensuring the most cost-efficient system operation at all times.

 

Simple and problem-free transmitter operation is achieved thanks to clear diagnostic information and a high degree of automation. The new R&S TMV9evo and R&S THV9evo DAB+ transmitters are equipped with the functions this requires. The integrated performance analysis gives operators instant feedback on key operating parameters such as shoulder attenuation, efficiency, signal quality and more without additional test equipment. This ensures them a quick and comprehensive overview of the current operating status at all times. The detailed definition of the transmitter’s desired operating point also allows continuous monitoring of the transmitter without any complicated special routines of a network management system. This allows DAB+ network operators to set their limits for shoulder attenuation or MER, for example. In doing so, they can be sure that the new DAB+ transmitters continuously remain within these operating parameters, as long as the transmitters do not give off a warning or an alarm signal. This enables both easy operation and maximum operational reliability.

 

The R&S TMV9evo air-cooled medium-power transmitter and the R&S THV9evo liquid-cooled high-power transmitter for DAB+ are now available from Rohde & Schwarz.

 

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The redesigned R&S®VENICE incorporates Rohde & Schwarz’s decades of experience in the broadcast & media industry, our customer feedback and the latest IP technologies. R&S VENICE can be flexibly adapted to your requirements thanks to its software architecture and scalability. For channel playout, studio and live applications, the latest application is just a software license away. The foundation comes from our new R&S®VENICE microservice core paired with commercial off-the-shelf hardware and a video I/O board designed by Rohde & Schwarz.

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Live ABR Monitor is a Telestream Cloud service that enables robust OTT Stream monitoring that is spun up on demand in almost any location around the globe. Live ABR Monitor measures stream performance, across multiple geographic regions with actionable insights delivered in real-time. Live ABR Monitor primarily focuses on measuring the performance at the CDN edge; providing delivery performance, asset availability, and video impairment analysis.

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Designed to be used in video Engineering, Operations, Live Acquisition and Post Production – PRISM SDI/IP Waveform Monitor includes market leading analysis tools,and is software-based to evolve with your network.

• Supports SDI and IP standard to simplify purchase decisions and use in hybrid environments


• SD, HD, 3G, 4K and 8K SDI capable with support for 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 formats


• Enhanced IP Monitor for ST2110-20/30/40; ST2022-6/7


• Software upgradeable connectivity for SDI up to 12G and for IP up to 25G


• Analyze PTP & Redundant Paths


• Advanced HDR/WCG false color gamut error and CIE charts


• Provides comprehensive Audio support in Dolby and PCM formats.


• Comes in a range of form factors to optimize integration into rack-rooms, production-consoles or post-suite environments


• Simple to use and easy to configure with application specific customizable user interface and button layouts


• Easily Integrate & Manage Using NMOS with Full API


• Affordable and capable base unit that can be tailored for every position in your workflow. Pay only for what you need in each position, simplify training and consolidate tools

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Inspect 2110 enables automated monitoring of ST 2110 video networking, providing operations teams with visibility and alert by exception of their entire video networks. It provides high performance software-based monitoring up to 100Gbps of ST 2110 video, audio, and data across dual 100GE interfaces. SDP file comparison confirm that video streams are working as expected at the same time as providing automated confirmation and comparison of redundant streams.

 

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Tektronix’s forward-looking PRISM platform now boasts comprehensive monitoring capabilities across both operations and engineering workflows. “Our focus with PRISM was initially to help the early adopters solve the hardest problems associated with IP deployments,” said Charlie Dunn, general manager, video product line, Tektronix. “Now that the market has become more mature, we’re dialing in the features that the larger set of customers most need: full IP/SDI operational capabilities, a 2.5” depth dual screen display for space-constrained environments, integrated audio monitoring, and a path for customers looking to upgrade to 25G.”

Here are the highlights of the expanded line:

A Robustly Featured Base with Modular Additions

The next generation of PRISM has been designed to be the single instrument that customers need to address the range of requirements from Broadcast Operations to Broadcast Engineering. The new platform is available in both a 3RU ½ Rack or a 1RU 19” rack form factor. The 3RU unit comes with an integrated touchscreen that provides unmatched screen real estate for easy operation. The base units come with IP connectivity enabled and tools such as IP status, SDI timing measurements, event log, waveform, vector, and diamond all provided as standard. PRISM’s modular design and a broad range of options enables customers to tailor their PRISM to meet their targeted applications such as high-end Editing and Technical QC needs with features like HDR False Color, WCG Vector, and CIE charts; or full Engineering capability including timing measurements, audio measurements, compliance measurements, IP measurements and graphing. Control for the configuration and when that is done is completely at the discretion of the customer.

Extended Screen Option for Greater Display Area and Space Efficiency

Tektronix is also pleased to introduce the industry’s first ever extended display, available to use with both of the new form factors. By extending PRISM’s full touch screen architecture into a fifth window or tile on a second screen, Live production customers can now view full size waveform and vector side by side without needing to purchase a second measurement instrument. The new internal power supply also creates space efficiencies. Customers in space constrained environments can rackmount PRISM remotely and then use a purpose built 2.5” depth dual display touch screen, establishing PRISM as one of the narrowest depth tools in mobile production environments.

New Audio Monitoring Capabilities

The 1RU version of PRISM will now include a speaker option and associated volume and balance knob. Operators can save cost by effectively having the waveform monitor and audio unit functionality combined into a single 1 RU instrument. Customers will be able to easily and quickly select and listen to the audio channels they are interested in on either headphones or through high quality integrated speakers.

All PRISM Products Have a Path to 25G

All generations of the PRISM family will be upgradable to a 25G interface board. The broad availability of upgrade kits to all PRISM generations is part of Tektronix’s commitment to safeguarding customer investments.

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GatesAir’s Intraplex® LiveLook application for IP Link, NetXpress™, and HD Link™ provides advanced network analytics and monitoring capabilities at an affordable price. It is an invaluable tool for optimizing and monitoring network performance. Broadcasters are increasingly using IP networks for audio contribution and distribution. While IP networks provide clear benefits for both cost and flexibility, there are network impairments which must be overcome to realize the reliability required for broadcast application. While the Intraplex® IP Link platform provides several packet loss mitigation techniques, it is essential to understand the patterns of packet losses as well as other impairments on the network connection to optimize these techniques.

Intraplex LiveLook provides both a real-time analytics as well as a monitoring and notification platform for the IP Link audio codec systems. The analytics capability of LiveLook uses Burst Packet Loss modeling technique to analyze the patterns of packet losses, which is then used by the internal decision tree to provide recommendation on the most effective packet loss mitigation technique of the IP Link to apply.

The monitoring capability can simultaneously collect long-term statistics on multiple audio streams, which can be used for historical analysis. The notification capability creates a separate alarm log for each audio stream and can optionally send email notification to the user on the state of the audio stream.

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Maxiva™ StreamAssure provides broadcasters and network operators with a centralized platform for monitoring transport streams, transmitter parameters and modulated RF, to ensure full compliance with standards and customer Quality of Experience. This cloud-based system allows on-premises and off-site, managed service-based monitoring of physical, transport and audio/video streams from a single dashboard. This simplifies the traditional component-based architecture that traditionally employs disparate monitoring systems to understand network-wide performance.

Rapid isolation of performance issues across signal transport and RF infrastructure is another key value proposition for broadcasters. The ability to separately analyze multiple IP, ASI and other streams ahead of the transmitter versus the RF and decoded audio/video streams coming out allows users to quickly identify and address the source of the problem

The StreamAssure system is fully scalable from a single transmitter deployment to a large-scale network, comprising a vast number of sites deployed over a wide geography.

Options are available from an simple and economic monitoring solution to a comprehensive end-to-end system, including compliance recording and streaming.

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Industry leading Paragon PTP testing HW with features for conformance testing to SMPTE ST-2059-2 at 100M, 1G and 10G rates. Control of PTP packet generation including Synchronisation Metadata, Time Error measurements to 5ns accuracy, PTP Profile conformance analysis and packet impairment capability.  1pps Time Error and E1/T1/2MHz Clock wander measurements also included.

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The VB330 probe is the flagship in Bridge Technologies product offering towards broadband and media operators. With dual 10G Ethernet connectivity and a massive multiprocessor architecture, the VB330 can deliver monitoring and analytics of thousands of streams and a multitude of technologies in real-time and in parallel. The VB330 is deployed either on dedicated embedded hardware, as a pre-configured and pre-installed appliance or as a software-only solution.

This gives operators greater flexibility when it comes to tailoring the monitoring solution towards the underlying system architecture in the best possible manner. Feature parity is ensured across the various deployment options, varying only in factors such as scalability, power consumption and longevity. The web-based user experience and feature availability stays the same across all the deployment alternatives.

The VB330 is aimed at monitoring the full cross section of services commonly found in media related network operations. As such the VB330 is very much a multi-use tool to monitor network performance involving signal formats and areas as diverse as video IP multicast, video OTT/ABR streaming, voice trunks, video-on-demand unicast, Ethernet packet micro bursts, PCAP recording and general traffic protocol inspection.

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The Calnex SNE is a highly flexible solution for both network emulation and network simulation allowing you to build your network in seconds via a multi-user, multi-port environment.

SMPTE 2110-21 (ideal traffic model for broadcast) and SMPTE 2022-7 (seamless protection switching and path redundancy) testing is supported.

Using the SNE's unique visual user interface to build emulations, you take control by linking together impairments in the order you require while directly controlling the flow of packets around your simulated Broadcast network.

SNE supports:-

• Multi-port—market leading port density with up to 16 ports 1GbE, up to  12 ports 10GbE & up to 8 ports 25GbE, 50GbE, 100GbE


• Flexible configuration—mix and match interface cards to meet your needs


• Flexible interfaces; RJ-45, SFP+, SFP28, QSFP28 (or a mixture)


• AV Pack: Audio and video MPEG (H.264 & H.265) modification and corruption plus RTP filter.


• 20Mbyte bandwidth throttle buffer for video applications


• Integrated Wireshark Decode


• Easy Automation via Restful API or using new Timeline feature for easy automation via the GUI.


• Flow packets between any port, no limitations


• Up to 12 minutes of storage for wire-rate recording at 10Gbps


• Delay emulation up to 4 seconds at 10GbE/1GbE


• Fast visual emulation design creates networks in seconds

Broadcast SNE available: NWEMULATOR-BCAST

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Features and performance

• Display of various signal inputs such as ASI, IP, SD / HD / 3G-SDI on one screen


• Supports HLS, RF (DVB, ISDBT, QAM) input with additional options


• Convert different input resolution and frame rate, display in a unified output format


• Maximum 45 CH input support for 1 enclosure


• By using multiple chassis, more than 45 CH / 1 screen display is possible


• Input signal loss, black screen, etc detected as an error, notification to the screen


• By voice signal bar, voice input of each input CH can be confirmed


• The size of each signal screen can be freely changed by setting

Application areas

• Monitoring multiple TS, SDI, OTT signals at low-cost monitor monitoring


• Construction of mobile multiviewer using notebook PC

Advanced options

• 4K resolution output


• Cascade processing, input signals of 45 channels or more, 1 screen output supported


• Video output to multiple screens


• Output video signal to other multi viewers TS TS streaming delivery


• Penalty box


• Error notification by SNMP output


• Multilingual voice input support


• Dolby voice codec input support


• Supports HEVC (H.265) input


• 4: 2: 2 Video input support


• Dynamic layout change by the user interface


• Input bit rate display function

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Features and performance

• High-performance monitoring complying with TR101 290 standards


• PID / service rate monitoring (maximum / minimum rate) correspondence


• TOT / TDT time monitoring


• Up to 8 TS can be monitored by 1 U server


• TS monitoring supported by RF input


• Monitor log management per TS


• Simple synchronous recording for a certain period of time


• External failure notification function by XML format


• Time calibration by NTP

Applications

• Multi-channel multi-TS monitoring at low cost


• Built-in monitoring function in the digital broadcasting system


• Inexpensive TS logging / TS monitoring for independent broadcasting


• Since it is fully developed in-house, it can be customized development

Monitoring Specifications

• Monitoring Standard: TR101 290（P1、P2、P3）Rate


• PCR: PID rate monitoring


• TOT,TDT : TOT, TDT time monitoring function


• DATA Broadcasting: DSM-CC, DDB, DIII, DL compatible

Example of system achievement

• Multi-channel TS monitoring system


• Multi-channel TS registration system


• Adopted as oversea TS monitoring

 

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Equipped with the technological power of AI, Digital Nirvana’s MonitorIQ 7.0 provides new capabilities for compliance logging and monitoring. Known as the industry’s most reliable, secure, and easy-to-use broadcast monitoring and compliance logging platform that allows operators to record, store, monitor, analyze, and repurpose content quickly and efficiently with a minimum of clicks. MonitorIQ enables broadcasters to collect and use knowledge about their broadcast content to meet a wide range of regulatory and compliance requirements. Version 7 of the Digital Nirvana platform gives broadcasters access to valuable next-generation content processing and analysis tools.

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Easy Quality Control Checks

In a playlist directory or chosen files, QCBox analyzes the relevant media data. Basic checks include checking for correct stream length continuity (no missing or overlapping frames), frozen or empty frames, and audio tests including measurement of loudness, phase and audio quality. Test results are stored on AirBox in a metadata file that contains the media file. The metadata file is tested and, based on the software parameters, the AirBox playout can be programmed to skip the file, show an alert before playing the file or play the file. In addition QCBox's loudness control data can be used to change the audio playback settings automatically.

Cost Effective Loudness Control

Intended for ITU-R BS.1770-1, ITU-R BS.1770-3, CALM Act, ATSC A/85 and EBU R128 television channels–for audio loudness control.

 QCBox automatically checks media files for: File System Level Errors, Correct Media and/or Stream Length, Real Checks vs Specific Decoder Failures, Lost or Overlapping Frames Black and Frozen Video, Program Loudness, Loudness Spectrum and True Peak measurement* program output.

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Live Broadcast Quality Analysis with Real Time Alerts

Actus Alert Center checks feeds from TV, Radio, and OTT for any audio or video issues, such as no/low audio, frozen image, blue screen, black screen, pixelization, Loudness violations, missing SCTE, missing captions/subtitles, NAVE and more.

When defined thresholds are violated, alerts are seen on-screen, sent via email, and/or SNMP traps are sent.

A history of alerts can be seen on-screen and exported with reports and graphical representations. When used in a system with multiple locations, alerts can be shown locally as well as remotely from a Central Server and centralized multiviewers.The transport stream analyzer (TSA) highlights TR-101-290 priority 1, 2, and 3 errors from any transport stream source and alert on any QoS issues that may affect viewer QoE.

 

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A fully-fledged test pattern generation with advanced audio and video identing, MatchBox Generator fulfills all your test pattern generation and identing needs with video channel identification and intuitive text to speech synthesis. Boasting 16 channels of embedded or AES audio and support for SD, HD and UHD video (quad-link or 12G).

Lip-Sync Test Output

Advanced signatures are added to the video and audio output to enable AV timing measurements when the Generator is paired with an Analyser. To learn more about what measurements the signatures allow checkout the MatchBox Analyser. The signatures are carefully crafted to be tolerant of almost all processing including up down cross conversion, frame rate conversion and compression.

Test Tones

Audio tones are easily configurable per channel. Just choose GLITS, BLITS, or continuous tones. Tones can also be conveniently generated as encoded Dolby. All tones are precisely generated at 24 bit resolution.

Audio Indents

No need for the time consuming and inflexible pre-recorded sequences; our text to speech synthesis handles it all for you! You can insert phrases onto the audio outputs at regular intervals and create common prefixes with staggered leg ident to identify channels without the idents talking over each other. All of this is configurable via simple text entry through the web interface, and applied within seconds.

Test Patterns

Once you have a MatchBox generator you will not need another TPG! Whether you want plain bars, sweeps, ramps, pathological, RP219 bars or even High Dynamic Range (HDR BT2111) our flexible TPG will do the job.... and if the pattern you are looking for is not there, we are happy to add patterns for our valued customers.

Text Ident

Designed for clear readability and contrast. Our text ident generation boasts tidy anti-aliased text with a neat outline for clear display against any background. A range of available fonts, sizes and colours get your line identification across.

Logo/Bug Insertion

Customise your source with a logo or other graphic. Logo insertion allows you to upload and place your graphic keyed into the source.

Video Output

Our SFP based interface gives our customers the flexibility to output video in any form they choose; copper, fibre or HDMI. Up to 4 SFP can be fitted to provide 8 test pattern outputs at SD/HD or 3G. These outputs can also be used for quad-link 4k.

2SI Quad-link routing Indication

Easily identify faults with the routing of Quad link 2SI video with the on-screen routing indication.

Genlock

Lock the video output to Black&Burst or Tri-Level house references.

Web Interface

Simply type the IP address of your MatchBox Generator into a web browser and set it up! This clear and compact interface can be used on any PC, Mac and touch screen device.

 

 

 

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The newest member of Hitomi's MatchBox family of solutions for lip-sync, MatchBox Glass is a sophisticated app that is essentially a highly portable version of MatchBox Generator.

MatchBox Glass is powerful and, like MatchBox Generator, works with MatchBox Analyser to replace the need for human intervention to test audio and video links. MatchBox Glass ensures that whatever is in front of the camera looks and sounds like it should on screen.

Making the measurement is simple and fast. The user holds an iPhone or iPad running the FREE iOS app in front of up to four cameras. At the other end, the MatchBox Analyser, which has four inputs, when enabled with the licence for Glass, can exactly measure video and audio timing differences – if any – across all four cameras.

The remote MatchBox Analyser in the MCR or OB truck looks and listens for a unique flash and audio tone generated onsite by MatchBox Glass and in approximately two seconds returns video and audio alignment and adjustment data that thus vastly accelerates the process of onsite synchronisation. This is especially useful for remote productions because it provides the ability to swiftly and accurately catch any synchronisation issues before they leave the site.

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Advanced audio and video identing

Once you have a perfectly timed test pattern generator, there’s even more that can be done visually to benefit those in the MCR or OB. IndentBox provides a visual cue on a test pattern and confers the ability to test all the visuals and coms before broadcasting to prevent the possibility of live, on air grief.

Text overlaid on a test pattern can be used to indicate what is about to be shown, where, and from what camera. This is extremely useful for those at the other end, where they have loads of feeds coming in. Even for the best and most experienced professionals, even more so with the advent of remote production requirements, it’s easy to get confused. So a visual cue on a test pattern that says exactly what’s in the can is a subtle, but substantial benefit. The content has yet to be captured and broadcast, but to test all the visuals and coms beforehand is invaluable.

Instead of having someone standing in front of a camera to take readings from, IdentBox provides you with a verified, perfect test pattern that in turn enables you to measure and confirm the veracity of your link before you even start sending video or audio signals down it. Knowing that your links are solid is a fundamental parameter of any broadcast, and we make it much easier, many times faster, and with complete reliability.

Test Tones

Audio tones are easily configurable per channel. Just choose GLITS, BLITS, or continuous tones. Tones can also be conveniently generated as encoded Dolby. All tones are precisely generated at 24 bit resolution.

Audio Idents

No need for the time consuming and inflexible pre-recorded sequences; our text to speech synthesis handles it all for you! You can insert phrases onto the audio outputs at regular intervals and create common prefixes with staggered leg ident to identify channels without the idents talking over each other. All of this is configurable via simple text entry through the web interface, and applied within seconds.

Test Patterns

Once you have a IdentBox you will not need another TPG! Whether you want plain bars, sweeps, ramps, pathological, RP219 bars or even High Dynamic Range (HDR BT2111) our flexible TPG will do the job.... and if the pattern you are looking for is not there, we are happy to add patterns for our valued customers.

Text Ident

Designed for clear readability and contrast. Our text ident generation boasts tidy anti-aliased text with a neat outline for clear display against any background. A range of available fonts, sizes and colours get your line identification across.

Logo/Bug Insertion

Customise your source with a logo or other graphic. Logo insertion allows you to upload and place your graphic keyed into the source.

Video Output

Our SFP based interface gives our customers the flexibility to output video in any form they choose; copper, fibre or HDMI. Up to 4 SFP can be fitted to provide 8 test pattern outputs at SD/HD or 3G. These outputs can also be used for quad-link 4k.

2SI Quad-link routing indication

Easily identify faults with the routing of Quad link 2SI video with the on-screen routing indication.

Genlock

Lock the video output to Black&Burst or Tri-Level house references.

Web Interface

Simply type the IP address of your IdentBox into a web browser and set it up! This clear and compact interface can be used on any PC, Mac and touch screen device.

 

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xFrame provides module-style flexibility for your MatchBox hardware in the form of hot-swappable cards. This gives operators the ability to change audio configurations on the fly, in the field, even on air if necessary.

The audio options are on separate cards, which are installed or removed from the front of the device. For the more technically inclined, let’s say you’re on an OB truck and you don’t have any customers that currently require Dolby E encoding, but all of a sudden, you land a job for a client who does. In an inflexible world, this was a problem that could cost business, but with xFrame all you have to do you slot in a Dolby E enabled card from Hitomi and away you go.

xFrame means that that audio options are very easy to change, or add to, a MatchBox Analyser configuration. That’s because xFrame is an extremely high quality, modular platform that has four slots to accommodate what the user needs, as well as the ability to configure the modules to suit preferences once installed. That modular flexibility is a significant win for customers, resellers, and Hitomi as a manufacturer.

FEATURES

• Capacity for 4 MatchBox modules with options for expansions (audio, Dolby etc)


• Hot swapable modules


• Frame Ethernet interface to access each module’s web control interface – no need for an external switch


• Hot swapable redundant external power supplies (Included)


• Frame reference distributed to all modules in the frame


• Increased cooling capability with 3 x replaceable fan units – front to side cooling


• Full chassis monitoring including PSUs, fans, references, Modules status, SFP presence and temperature

MatchBox Module Features

• Integrated with frame’s Ethernet for web control


• Integrated with frame’s Video Reference interface


• Video Reference input


• Each Module can support 4 SFPs (8 video interfaces)

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IP packet behaviour analytics is an essential real-time need when dealing with the modern infrastructures capable of transporting uncompressed ST2110 video and audio. With a production environment dominated by operations personnel and non-movable deadlines, enabling the total understanding of advanced connectivity with the use of advanced paradigms recognised by staff to give accurate and meaningful information on par with an audio meter or a waveform/vector-scope, utilized by the industry since the beginning of broadcast. The Instrument View Option (IV), provides deep analytics displays for the VB440 Appliance.

The VB440 40 Gigabit IP probe provides a breakthrough for the monitoring and analysis of high-bitrate broadcast media traffic as defined in ST2110 and ST2022-6 for core broadcasting networks, production studios, master control centres and outside broadcast vehicles and venues. It enables production teams to continuously survey all layers of media transportation on an IP network and facilitates quick rectification of potential problems, helping to maximise Quality of Service (QoS).

With support for interface speeds from 10, 25, 40, 50 and up to 100 Gigabit on dual interfaces, even the largest of media networks can be accommodated with analysis of SD, HD, HD HDR, 4K and 4K HDR and above. ST2022-7 redundancy is also monitored and analysed when connected to both primary and secondary networks. PTP is provided with ST2059-2 clock analysis, clock source detection/listing and clock accuracy and class, providing troubleshooting and continuous monitoring of this critical infrastructure in a production network – including accurate path-delay for individual flows.

The VB440 can accommodate eight simultaneous users, from local or remote locations over secure https. It features a user interface provided by a standard web browser, and can be provided with Instrument View aluminium kits in broadcast form factors that enable touch screen operation. This gives production teams access to an analytics solution for large numbers of streams and multiple resolutions in real-time and in parallel in multiple locations.

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Top industry award winners, ORION and ORION-OTT are the most comprehensive content monitoring solutions for assurance of high quality IP/linear and OTT streams for Live and VOD content. The newly revamped ORION Central Manager (OCM) provides an aggregated view of linear and OTT services based on monitoring data collected by probes for efficient troubleshooting.

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Interra Systems' ORION is a real-time content monitoring system that enables service providers to deliver error-free, superior quality video. ORION provides real-time monitoring of IP-based infrastructures that looks at all aspects of video streams such as QoS, QoE, closed captions, ad-insertion verification, reporting and troubleshooting. ORION performs critical monitoring functions on hundreds of services simultaneously from a single platform, providing an operator with a single point of visibility and access to important information such as, status, alerts, alarms, visible impairments, error reports, triggered captures and more. ORION effortlessly monitors streaming content scaling single to multiple monitoring units/ sites across different geographical locations.

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The Qx series brings together all the advanced Test & Measurement tools required for transitioning to the next generation of video formats. Its instrument set includes tools for rapid fault diagnosis, compliance monitoring and product development. The Qx offers next generation, hybrid IP/SDI support using 4K/UHD (12G/6G/3G-SDI) and HD-SDI plus SMPTE 2110 with NMOS* and 2022-6. The solution is available with Real-time Eye 12G/3G/HD-SDI physical layer testing. The Qx can be upgraded with a comprehensive HDR/WCG analysis toolset and signal generator. An SDI-STRESS option is available for stress testing and evaluation of SDI interfaces up to 12G.

Fast, automated 12G physical layer analysis

Qx offers the fastest 12G-SDI physical layer testing, with its RTE™ (Real-time Eye) technology instantly highlighting any SMPTE compliance issues, including eye under/overshoot. Additional 12G/6G/3G/HD-SDI physical layer tools include Jitter analysis with monitoring across five specified frequency bands, as well as UHD/HD pathological test patterns. Built-in automation control allows testing to be performed faster, more reliably and at lower cost. An advanced SDI-STRESS option is available for stress testing and evaluation of SDI interfaces up to 12Gbit/s.

Hybrid IP/SDI

The introduction of 4K/UHD, HDR/WCG and IP has led to a proliferation of new standards and formats. With the Qx platform you can operate in next generation Hybrid IP/SDI environments that require 4K/UHD (12G/6G/3G-SDI) and HD-SDI as well as SMPTE ST 2110 with NMOS* and ST 2022-6 formats. The high performance Qx 12G offers 4K/UHD-SDI generation, analysis and video/audio monitoring as standard.  The IP Toolset provides tools for generation and analysis of IP video and audio traffic and IP Packet Interval Timing.

Advanced HDR visualization and analysis toolset

The Qx’s comprehensive High Dynamic Range (HDR) and Wide Color Gamut (WCG) toolset offers new instruments to enhance the visualization and analysis of 4K/UHD and HD-SDI content to speed workflows. The HDR/WCG tools include a signal generator, CIE chart, luminance heat-map, vectorscope and waveform, all supporting BT. 2100 HLG, PQ and Sony S-Log3 and S-Log3 (SR Live).

Key Features Include:

4K/UHD (12G/6G/3G/HD-SDI) Generation & Analysis (option)

• Simultaneous generation and analysis • 12-bit YRGB/YUV waveform monitor with H,V zoom • Vectorscope for checking colour bias / conformity • Test pattern generation, including Pathological and moving patterns • 32 channel audio signal generation and embedding • Video and audio monitoring • REF locking and timing analysis

IP Generation & Analysis (option)

• SMPTE ST 2110* and ST 2022-6 decapsulation/encapsulation • Packet Interval Timing (PIT) analysis histogram for monitoring network traffic • PIT Logging* offers effective longer-term network monitoring • Packet Profile Generator for stress testing video networks • Stream & network analysis tools • Network management multicast support (IGMP v2, v3)

HDR / WCG Generation & Analysis (option)

• Support for BT. 2100 HLG PQ and Sony S-Log3 and S-log3 (SR Live) • CIE chart (Rec. 709, Rec. 2020, ST 2086) • HDR Heat-map highlights signals beyond SDR • HDR test pattern generator • Waveform with code value and Nits • Vectorscope with Graticules / Targets for HDR, SDR and Wide Color Gamut • Waveform ITU-R 2408 diffuse white markers

Physical Layer Testing (option)

• HD/3G/6G/12G-SDI RTE™ (Real-time Eye) option for testing SMPTE compliance issues, including under/overshoot • Jitter analysis in five specified frequency bands

SDI STRESS (option) up to 12G

• Advanced Generator tools with PRBS generation, control of SDI driver amplitude and jitter insertion • Jitter FFT* • PRBS Analyzer • Pathological Detector

System features

• Logging • Configuration presets Control • Remote interface employing VNC technology providing up to 16 simultaneous instrument windows • TCP/IP interface for remote control and automated testing  • Compact ½ 1 RU

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Based on the award-winning Sx portable test & measurement range, the rack-mounted Rx series of rasterizers delivers advanced 2K/3G/HD/SD signal generation, analysis and monitoring for faster compliance testing and fault diagnosis of both video and audio signals.

The Rx is available in three form factors:

Rx 2000 - 4 channel analyzer/generator with monitoring via dual built-in screens & speakers

The top of the range Rx 2000 offers up to 4 channels of 2K/3G/HD/SD-SDI video/audio analysis and monitoring (dual inputs per analyzer), and can also provide signal generation. Up to 16 instruments can be presented simultaneously for video analysis and eye/jitter testing via an external display. Monitoring of the instruments and video can also be performed using dual built-in screens and audio speakers.

The Rx 2000 starter configuration includes a single channel video analyzer, with optional signal generation and eye/jitter analysis. Up to 3 more channels of video analysis/generation, or up to 12x AES audio analysis/generation, can be added with expansion modules

Rx 1000 - Compact, 4 channel analyzer/generator & monitoring solution

The advanced Rx 1000 is a compact, 1RU version of the Rx 2000 without the dual built-in monitoring displays or speakers. It provides up to 4 channels of 2K/3G/HD/SD-SDI video/audio analysis and monitoring (dual inputs per analyzer), and also provides signal generation. Up to 16 instruments can be presented simultaneously for video analysis and eye/jitter testing via an external monitor.

The Rx 1000 starter configuration includes a single channel video analyzer, with optional signal generation and eye/jitter analysis. Up to 3 more channels of video analysis/generation, or up to 12x AES audio analysis/generation, can be added with expansion modules.

Rx 500 - 2 channel analyzer/generator & monitoring solution

Rx 500 - Ideal for Quality Control applications, the Rx 500 is a single/dual channel 2K/3G/HD/SD-SDI video/audio analyzer and monitoring solution in a very compact 1/2 RU frame (dual inputs per analyser). It supports dual inputs per analyzer and can also provide signal generation for video and audio. Up to 16 instruments can be presented simultaneously for video analysis and eye/jitter testing.

The Rx 500 starter configuration includes a single channel video analyzer, with optional signal generation and eye/jitter analysis.

 The series’ key features include:

Up to 16 Simultaneous Instruments

Monitoring workflows are optimized with ultra-flexible, user-defined instrument display layouts. Up to 16 instruments can be presented simultaneously, at sizes ranging from full screen down to 1/16 screen. In multi-channel environments, channel identification is simplified with a dedicated window color per channel. Monitoring configurations can be built to suit individual operators and key applications, with rapid recall of layout pre-sets for fast turnarounds. Up to 99 presets are available to suit even the largest facility.

Video Capture & Remote Access

To speed intermittent fault finding, the Rx Series offers video and audio capture to help diagnose problems. The capture can be triggered automatically when faults are identified by the analyzer, according to user-defined criteria. Fault diagnosis is also quickened by the remote access capability, which allows engineers to monitor and analyze video via a web browser from any location.

Four Channel Eye & Jitter Analysis

Advanced diagnostic tools include up to four simultaneous Real-Time Eye™ and Jitter physical layer analysis instruments plus closed caption, loudness and Dolby® monitoring. This makes the Rx Series ideal for OB trucks, broadcast facilities and video technology manufacturers.

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The Sx TAG with its SFP, SDI and analog I/O offers incredible versatility in a handheld device. It is ideal for IP, 3G/HD/SD-SDI, optical SDI, HDMI and Analog test & measurement as well as AES eye analysis, for applications demanding true mobility and ease of use. It provides support for SMPTE ST 2110-20/30/40 encapsulation/decapsulation with ST 2059 PTP, SDP and NMOS as well as SMPTE ST 2022-6 encapsulation/decapsulation, using 10GE IP SFP+ modules developed by Embrionix. Useful hybrid IP/SDI features include SDI to IP and IP to SDI gateways for both ST 2110-20/30/40 and ST 2022-6 as well as the ability to generate an analog reference output slaved to the ST 2059 PTP or 2022-6 IP input.

The Sx range of instruments are the broadcast industry's most popular handheld devices offering exceptional mobility in an easy to use, easy to carry format. Designed for commissioning, fault-finding and compliance testing, the PHABRIX Sx range is equally at home on an Outside Broadcast, in a studio facility, in remote locations with remote monitoring, or a manufacturing and test environment. 

Their proven lightweight (0.9Kg) but rugged aluminium case is fitted with a high quality screen for instrument display and video monitoring, as well as an integral speaker and headphone jack for audio monitoring. The generator/analyzer operates via rechargeable lithium battery for up to 2 hours, and can also be powered by a mains adaptor to offer flexible operation around facilities.

The Sx TAG’s key features includes:

Hybrid IP/SDI + Analog generation, analysis & monitoring

• Simultaneous generation and analysis for SMPTE compliance testing


• SMPTE 2110 and 2022-6 stream encapsulation/decapsulation for IP video networks


• 3G/HD/SD-SDI support plus Analog Composite [PAL-I, PAL-N, PAL-N (ARG), PAL-M, NTSC-M, NTSC-M (JP)]


• SFP cage for SDI-Optical, HDMI and IP


• AV Delay Generation and Analysis


• Embedded audio generation, analysis & monitoring with 1x AES in, 1x AES out, 48kHz 75 Ohm


• Balanced analog audio I/O


• Auto Bi-level, Tri-level and SDI genlock with cross lock capability

Advanced video analysis toolset

• Over 350 formats supported for compliance monitoring


• 12-bit YRGB/YUV waveform monitor with horizontal/vertical zoom, chroma and low pass mode


• Vectorscope with color wheel for checking color bias / conformity


• Signal generation with 32 test patterns, including Pathological and moving patterns


• CRC error detection, video aspect ratio detection and SMPTE 351 display


• HANC/VANC support


• Pixel check and picture zoom

Multi-channel audio analysis & monitoring

• Embed a single external 48kHz synchronous AES stream into the generated video stream


• Extract embedded audio and export it via the AES output


• 16 channel audio metering


• Dolby® E, Dolby® Digital and Dolby® Digital Plus bitstream analysis


• Audio AES eye analysis

Remote access, automation & logging

• TCP/IP interface for remote control and automated testing


• Comprehensive status logging with custom reports


• Instrument picture capture to simplify fault finding

Ultra-portable, easy to use design

• High quality, 16:9 built-in screen for video monitoring


• Rechargeable lithium battery delivers up to 2 hours operation and mains power also available


• Superior ease of use with color coded GUI


• Lightweight at 0.9kg


• Rugged aluminium case for demanding broadcast environments

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With advanced SDI physical layer analysis (Eye & Jitter), the SxE is ideal for applications such as video technology manufacturing and live production. The instant, RTE™ (Real-Time Eye) technology speeds physical layer testing, and delivers automated measurements and logging for key parameters such as: rise time, fall time, delta, overshoot, undershoot and cable length. The Jitter analysis instrument enables an engineer to quickly analyze the nature of jitter present using a graph of jitter versus time. Other key capabilities include Dolby® E, Dolby® Digital and Dolby® Digital Plus bitstream analysis, as well as video status logging, and remote operation over Ethernet.

The Sx range of instruments are the broadcast industry's most popular handheld devices offering exceptional mobility in an easy to use, easy to carry format. Designed for commissioning, fault-finding and compliance testing, the PHABRIX Sx range is equally at home on an Outside Broadcast, in a studio facility, in remote locations with remote monitoring, or a manufacturing and test environment. 

Their proven lightweight (0.9Kg) but rugged aluminium case is fitted with a high quality screen for instrument display and video monitoring, as well as an integral speaker and headphone jack for audio monitoring. The generator/analyzer operates via rechargeable lithium battery for up to 2 hours, and can also be powered by a mains adaptor to offer flexible operation around facilities.

The SxE’s key features include:

3G/HD/SD-SDI generation, analysis & monitoring

• Simultaneous generation and analysis for SMPTE compliance testing


• 3G/HD/SD-SDI support


• Embedded audio generation, analysis & monitoring with 1x AES in, 1x AES out, 48kHz 75 Ohm


• Auto Bi-level, Tri-level and SDI genlock with cross lock capability


• AV Delay Generation and Analysis

Advanced physical layer analysis (Eye & Jitter) toolset

• Instant, Real-Time Eye (RTE™) for testing SMPTE compliance issues with easy ‘traffic light’ style performance indicators


• Automated measurements for rise time, fall time, delta, overshoot, undershoot and cable length


• Display up to a maximum of 10 eyes


• Instrument presents Histograms, decade filters, simultaneous timing thermometers, eye color for ‘hot spot’ view, persistence and cable type


• Jitter analysis instrument enables an engineer to analyze the nature of jitter present using a graph of jitter versus time

Advanced video analysis toolset

• Over 350 formats supported for compliance monitoring


• 12-bit waveform monitor with YCbCr, Y, Cb, Cr and GBR format display and horizontal/vertical graticules


• Vectorscope for checking color bias / conformity


• Signal generation with 32 test patterns, including Pathological and moving patterns


• CRC error detection, video aspect ratio detection and SMPTE 351 display


• HANC/VANC support


• Pixel check and picture zoom

Multi-channel audio analysis & monitoring

• Embed a single external 48kHz synchronous AES stream into the generated video stream


• Extract embedded audio and export it via the AES output


• 16 channel audio metering


• Dolby® E, Dolby® Digital and Dolby® Digital Plus bitstream analysis

Remote access, automation & logging

• TCP/IP interface for remote control and automated testing


• Comprehensive status logging with custom reports


• Instrument picture capture to simplify fault finding

Ultra-portable, easy to use design

• High quality, 16:9 built-in screen for video monitoring


• Rechargeable lithium battery delivers up to 2 hours operation and mains power also available


• Superior ease of use with color coded GUI


• Lightweight at 0.9kg


• Rugged aluminium case for demanding broadcast environments

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For real-time UHD IP workflows on 25G networks, the class leading QxL provides support for HD/3G 2110 and 2022-6 payloads on generic 10G/25G SFP28 interfaces as standard. The QxL is fully 10G/25G IP-enabled, with support for JT-NM TR 1001- 1:2018, ST 2110-20 (video), 2110-30 (PCM) and 2110-31 (AES transport) audio, 2110-40 ANC media flows, all with 2022-7 Seamless IP Protection Switching (SIPS).

Independent PTP slaves on both media ports are provided for fully redundant media network operation with AMWA NMOS IS-04 discovery and IS-05 device connection management. The option of UHD payloads, HDR, and IP-MEAS in-field license upgrades means that you can tailor your system to your current needs while retaining full flexibility for the future.

SDI BNC and SFP media interfaces are available as a factory fitted option. The SDI Eye and Jitter hardware option and the unique SDI-STRESS toolset provide all the tools for SDI physical layer analysis and compliance testing.

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The 4T2 Content-Analyser supports  DVB, ATSC, ISDB, and DVB T2-MI extensions.

• Terrestrial DVB-T/T2, Satellite DVB-S/S2, ASI, IP and file input.


• Analysis of DVB-T MIP Megaframe Initialisation Packets.


• Visualisation of PID Packet Identifiers, associated bit-rates, and packet stuffing.


• Raw data analysis with smart trigger function allows the unattended checking of streams for specified fault conditions.


• Smart Packet trigger with expression editor.


• Visualisation of repetition intervals of tables as defined in TR.101.290.


• TR.101.290 analysis and visualisation of first, second, and third priority Errors.


• Measurement of PCR Program Clock Reference repetition, jitter, and Delta.


• DVB-Teletext & DVB-Subtitles display.


• Multi-Viewer content decoding, including H.264 and H.265 material.


• Loudness measurement for each audio services.


• Black/freeze detection on services in the transport stream.


• Detection of audio mute condition on services in the transport stream.


• Comprehensive logging features with powerful sorting capabilities.


• Saving of Transport Stream to disk in presence of errors (with a pre and post buffer).


• Multiple instances of the program can run at the same time, supporting multiple inputs at the same time.

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M3 is the NetCom Group S.p.A. plug & play platform, based on a distributed architecture, developed to automate and streamline the whole testing process. Developed as a web application, the M3 platform performs black-box testing by using a keyword-driven testing approach.

The tester can handle the whole testing process through multi-language script.

M3 platform meets cost reduction, high quality and efficiency, by reducing manual operations: it's a completely code-free approach in which multiple test procedures can be created and edited through a drag & drop GUI, and tests can be run simultaneously or properly scheduled.

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-ATSC3.0 comprehensive analysis
-Supports DVB-S/S2/S2X with DVB-CID decoding
-SFN/Echo profile monitoring
-Transmitter output and Off-the-air remote monitoring
The AVQ1020 platform has been re-designed from the ground up to respond to our customers' feedback on new features and capabilities. With 10 times faster processing speed, wider input frequency range, and new hardware options (internal GPS/GLONASS receiver, WiFi hotspot, etc.), AVQ1022 platform extends the functionality of a remote RF layer monitoring receiver into a universal RF signal analytical device for transmitter output, off-air, and satellite broadcast monitoring with customizable alarm system, data storage and online reporting.

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AVQ100 RF Signal Inspector™ is an embedded RF signal analyzer for digital broadcasting standards. AVQ100 is an extension of Avateq’s line of products designed for remote off the air signal monitoring. Along with extensive RF measurements, AVQ100 features advanced web-based user interface with remote channel selection and live audio streaming, unique SFN monitoring tools, report generator, internal data archiving and alarm engines. This combination of functionality and available set of measurements makes AVQ100 an efficient tool for on-site or remote signal quality monitoring in the service area. Supports DAB/DAB+/T-DMB, DTMB, ISDB-T/Tb.

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The PacketStormVIP PTP & Media over IP Analyzer measures SMPTE 2110 (video, audio, and ancillary flows), SMPTE 2110-21 (Traffic Shaping and Delivery Timing), SMPTE ST2022-6 (VSF TR-04) and PTP . The analyzer acts as a PTP slave on the network. The VIP analyzes both the Flow and Hardware Time Stamps to make the following measurements: flow interval, latency, and specific ST-2110 parameters (TPR, Network Compatibility Model, and Virtual Receiver Buffer Model).
Media companies, broadcasters, service providers, and manufacturers utilize the VIP to debug their networks and product evaluation testing.

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The 6XG is a very accurate, precise, and high performance network emulator focused on the most demanding applications that require nanosecond accuracy, high bandwidth performance, and specialized functions to test specific real world applications.

The 6XG has specific functions to address the following video standards: ST2022-1/2, ST2022-5/6, ST2022-7, ST2110-10/20/30/40, and ST2059. Some of these features include: synchronized emulation on multiple cards, hitless/seamless test suites, transparent clock switch emulation, residence time changes, best master clock modifier, FEC Aware, Active Video loss, dynamic impairment states, changes on-the-fly, and DropNOW.

Network emulation is implemented by using the following impairments: Delay, Jitter, Decimate, Drop, DropNOW, Reorder, Throttle, Duplicate, Burst Drop, Bit Error, RTP Sequence Drop, FEC Aware, and Active Video.

The PacketStorm6XG has a full selection of modifiers, filters, and statistics. Modifiers include: Source Address, Destination Address, DSCP, TTL, Protocol, Source Port, Destination Port, VLAN, MAC, Universal, and IPv6. Filters include: Source Address, Destination Address, Source Port, Destination Port, Protocol, DSCP, VLAN, Universal, Bit Pattern, IPv6, RTP, FEC Aware, Active Video, and All Frames. Statistics include: Bandwidth, Delay, Loss, Bytes, and Packets.

Using the PacketStorm6XG is very easy. The user connects to the network emulator by using a web browser. Configuration settings such as filters, impairments, and modifiers are displayed on the top of the display. The bottom of the display contains the network links so that all of the network emulation parameters are displayed for ease of use. Once network emulation is started, statistics are displayed for every port. Configuration settings can be stored and recalled. Configuration changes are done by enabling check boxes, entering the parameter value, and pressing the update button. Lastly, dynamic network emulation can be implemented by making impairment parameter “changes-on-the-fly” or by setting up a dynamic profile before network emulation has started.

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• General-purpose test modulator in your R&D lab for developing, qualifying or repairing any equipment with an antenna input.


• Portable demo set for TV receivers, easy to carry to customer demos, trade shows, etc.


• TV distribution using modulated signals in shops, hotels, hospitals etc.


• Supports all constellations and modulation modes for each supported standard.


• Excellent signal quality through direct digital synthesis of the RF output signal.


• No power supply required: A single USB-3 connection supplies power, real-time data and control.

The DTU-315 reads data from USB and forwards it to a baseband modulator, a channel filter, an optional channel simulator and an upconverter. The digital RF signal is converted to analogue with a high-speed D-to-A converter and output on a micro-BNC connector.

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High performance capture and replay system. Pcap files up to 20GB. Data rates at 1G/10G/25G/100G. Captures with PTP timestamps. Better than 20ns capture accuracy. Decoder for ST2110, ST2022, RFC4175, ST2059 (PTP), ASPEN, and Sony NMI.

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All twelve channels are demodulated simultaneously, allowing you to monitor a complete network in real time.

• Next generation of the DTA-2139C with added support for ATSC 3.0 and ATSC 1.0 (8VSB). Combinations are supported, too!


• Twelve tuners and demodulators, each tuneable to any frequency in the VHF or UHF band, and each outputting the entire stream.


• Each receiver provides an indication of lock status, RF level and MER for that channel.

• 24/7 continuous compliancy monitoring of an entire cable or terrestrial network, using  DekTec Xpect or another monitoring solution.

• Receiving all (or many) services in a free-to-air terrestrial network and remultiplexing them to a cable network.


• Creating a mosaic of all services on a cable or terrestrial network.

 

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Video & Audio WFM & Rasterizers

ST 2110 & 2022 & SDI

IP 10Gb/s & 25 Gb/s

HD & 4 K

PHASE - Serving the Brazilia Television Market since 1980

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Dedicated for ARRI™ lens mount plates is the Lens Test Projector TPCXPL with a 60mm diameter LED light source. Its two 3x3 filter holders allow the use of color filters and to simulate a glass way insert. Two multiport connectors offer electronical data read out for e.g. /i-Data and LDS meta data analysis.

The highlights at a glance:

• Glass & Filter insert

• 60mm LED Image Circle

• Multiport for Lens Data & Control

• Laser Rangefinder

• Manual & Remote Back Focus

• Interchangeable large universal universal mount

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Elecard StreamEye Studio are powerful and incredibly useful software tools to view and analyze syntax of encoded media streams, validating streams against ETSI TR 101 290 standard, computing quality metrics like VMAF, PSNR, SSIM, and others. HEVC, H.264/AVC, AV1, VP9, and MPEG-2 video formats are supported. VVC is coming soon.

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The compact Chrosziel Universal CamCollimator (C-LCC) comes with one platform which holds a lens or a camera. The autocollimator holder can slide, swivel and is mounted on a spindle drive for height adjustment to measure the back focal length on cameras and lenses. The set up (1000 mm only) is much more compact in structure then the previous optical bench, offers a significant reduction in weight, space needs and results in an optimal price/performance ratio. A LED illumination, colour selector for green and white, camera, LCD monitor and plane glass are included. Optionally it can be upgraded by a second sliding platform for checking cameras without conversions.

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SMPTE ST 2110 analyzer locked to PTP to provide packet interval, latency, stream skew, and SMPTE 2110 measurements. The VIP measures streams associated with the following standards: SMPTE ST 2110-10/20/21/30/40, SMPTE ST 2022-6, SMPTE ST 2022-7, SMPTE ST 2059, and AES67.

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ClearView is a highly advanced test & measurement analyzer providing source and processed video recording, file importing, automatic alignment, and a variety of quality metric assessments for any content resolution or frame rate. Comparative playback modes are a unique feature applied up to 8K ultra high definition uncompressed sequences*. This combination of quality analysis features allow users to effectively quantify the human subjective experience.

ClearView is offered as a hardware system, or applied in Cloud SaaS, or local software license.

ClearView full-reference scoring methods:

- ΔEITP: Provides an objective assessment of whether a difference between two colors may be visible between two versions of a given program

- VMAF: Video Multimethod Assessment Fusion is tailored for quality assessment of streaming video services

- MS-SSIM/DMOS: Multi-Scale Structural Similarity Image Quality Assessment on both MS-SSIM and DMOS scales, where DMOS is the difference between the mean opinion scores of the reference and processed video

- JND: The number of human observers that must be gathered to end up with at least one person who believes that the processed video is at least as good as the reference (just noticeable differences)

- PSNR: Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio, the ratio between the maximum possible power of a signal and the power of distorting noise affecting the fidelity of its representation

- aFREQ: Audio performance metric for finding gross errors versus each reference audio channel. aFreq includes an audio-video offset measurement or lip sync value for a selected channel in program

ClearView no-reference scoring methods:

- NIQE: Natural Image Quality Evaluator, a completely blind, distortion free, no reference, image quality assessment index

- aPEAK: True-peak audio measurement per channel according to ITU-R BS.1770-3

- LKFS: Audio loudness measurement per program according to ITU-R BS.1770-3

- Spatial: Calculates the activity power of a video frame, a higher number indicates more changes in the frame

- Temporal: Calculates the changes between successive video frames, a zero indicates a frozen frame

 

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RTM features:

-Uncompressed, multi-channel, full-reference video quality monitoring

-Audio and video quality measurement with run-time test logging and user set quality threshold for impaired segment recording function

-Records uncompressed video/audio automatically based on each user set quality measurement thresholds

-Video metrics for quality testing include MS-SSIM on DMOS scale or PSNR

-Audio metrics include aFreq  for audio performance, A/V offset for lip sync, aPeak for program loudness, and VANC line data check

Latest New Features:

-Up to four HD channels of testing per system for HD models

-Applying SD with fewer HD tests provides additional instances

-Mix and match SDI or IP as source or processed test feed

-Automatic source vs. MPEG transport file QoE batch testing included with RTM Manager

-IP network input packet loss monitoring and on-screen graphing

-MPEG transport stream recording at time of test threshold failure for IP inputs

-Playback of an uncompressed test source during one full-reference test – all models apply this feature up to HD resolutions

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State-of-the-Art Frontend

60 mm LED Image Circle

The LED light source evenly illuminates a large 60 mm image circle for simulating large camera sensors beyond full frame, like ARRI Alexa LF, ARRI Alexa 65, RED Monstro, SONY Venice and further developments.

LED Light Engine with CPC technology

Eliminating the light fall-off on the edge of traditional lenses the P-TP7 uses a Compound Parabolic Concentrator (CPC) instead of standard lens units. This sophisticated light engine guarantees illumination uniformity.

Glass and Filter Inserts

The 3x3” glass insert between lens mount and reticle accounts for the effects of optical low pass filters or sensor cover glasses (up to 7mm thickness) in cameras. The 3x3” filter insert between light engine and reticle simulates specific color spectrums and temperatures with standard 3x3” filters.

Enhanced Workflow

Lens Data Read-out

Two multiport connectors on both sides of the projector give full access to the lens, sockets, accessories, and projector.

Electronic Mounts and Sockets

The electronic lens mounts and the lens data socket provide electrical power to the lens and enable read-out, controlling and programming of lens encoder positions (like /i-Data and LDS meta data). The lens port socket powers ENG / broadcast lenses and examines VTR, Return, and Follow Voltages.

Modularly Built System

The P-TP7 offers the traditional way of manual back focus via a knob with friction clutch protection. Calibration and read-out of back-focus is done via an analog or digital gauge.

The back-focus is adjusted by a cable bound control or the dedicated Chrosziel MagNum wireless Focus, Iris, Zoom (FIZ) Lens Control System (LCS).

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Comprehensive Systems Integration Support:

Early Stage Consulting

Vendor RFI and RFP Support

Budgeting and Detailed Project Planning

Vendor Selection and Solution Design

System Integration and Test Planning

End-to-End Platform Testing

Operations Transition and Training

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TeleSight is a real-time video quality monitoring solution, which delivers awareness of system information, ancillary data, and conformance results. With its multiviewer capabilities, TeleSight couples confidence monitoring with full testing and analysis of video streams for cable, satellite, telco, IPTV, and over-the-top (OTT) services. Our solution provides an operator with a comprehensive display of signal statistics and conditions, such as QoS, QoE, closed-captions, alarms, and visible impairment, all within a single glance. It offers high performance and scalability for quality and compliance across different geographical locations or a centralized location.

TeleSight allows operators to monitor and analyze their video services with confidence. It offers real-time decode, display, and stream analysis, including TR-101-290, video black and freeze, video codec conformance, and audio level tests. Its multiviewer display is highly configurable with on-screen alarms and notifications.

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MSight is a file-based media analyzer software solution that provides the most in-depth testing and analysis of media streams at all levels of encoded data to achieve optimum video quality. The depth and reliability of testing and speed at which errors are detected allow organizations to address these errors quickly, thereby reducing the cost of errors.

 

MSight provides users with the ability to “see it all” with instant access to the lowest level syntax present in the compression standard. MSight is the industry`s most optimized analyzer, which is crucial for dealing with HD content and the volumes of digital media being produced. Optimized performance means that hours’ worth of video and audio can be processed very quickly and problems can be identified, debugged, and fixed in the shortest possible timeframe.

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Elecard Boro is a multifunctional solution to monitor UDP, RTP, HTTP and HLS streams and measure a spectrum of QoS and QoE parameters with signaling on issues. A flexible software architecture concept allows integration with an already existing fault management system or creating your optimal monitoring solution tailored to your needs.

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StreamEye is a poverful tool for in-depth video analysis capable of analysing the stream structure and down to macroblock structure for inspection of codec parameters. Video quality test software.