VB-120
Product Summary
The VB120 modular BROADCAST PROBE is designed for continuous digital TV monitoring. System scalability in terms of monitoring capacity, signal formats handled and functionality ensures a future-proof solution. The ability to continuously measure all your media services makes the VB120 invaluable for confidence monitoring.
The VB120 BROADCAST PROBE comprises a fully-fledged ETSI TR 101 290 monitoring engine used to monitor enabled inputs, one monitoring engine per input working in parallel. The basic VB120 monitors ASI and IP. DVB-T/T2, 8VSB, QAM and QPSK DVB-S/S2 demodulators are available. The VB120 performs Priority 1, 2 and 3 measurements. The monitoring engine may also be configured to check signal scrambling. PSI/SI and PSIP tables are analyzed and presented as table summary and hex dump, the latter enabling analysis of proprietary descriptors. Bitrates are measured at TS, service and PID level, and the ETSI TR 101 290 engine also monitors RF parameters for optional demodulator inputs.
Main Features
- 1x 10/100/1000T Mbps Ethernet port
- 1x SFP GigE port
- 1x 10/100T Mbps Ethernet management port
- 1x ASI Input port and 1x ASI output port
- Built-in USB to RS232 converter
- Blade based hardware for use with rack mount chassis
- 3 blades can be placed in one 1” RU chassis
- Chassis with built-in 100-240V AC or -48V DC power supply
- Optional demodulator blades supported (QAM, DVB-S/S2, DVB-T/T2, and 8VSB)
- Full real-time ETSI TR 101 290 alarming and analysis (Pri 1, 2, 3) for 1 transport stream for each enabled input
- Configurable round-robin functionality for each ETSI TR 101 290 analysis engine
- Conforms to both DVB and ATSC specifications
- Table and descriptor parsing of PSI/SI and PSIP presented as table summary and full table breakdown (including hex dump)
- Bitrate monitoring and alarming (TS, service and PID level)
- Monitoring of vital CA parameters
- Compare view for comparison of transport streams and services across different interfaces
- Sophisticated threshold template system for detailed alarm handling control at transport stream, service and component level
- Monitoring of demodulator parameters (demodulator option)
- Alarm triggered recording of a multicast/unicast or selectable service from any enabled input
- RDP™ of transport stream or selected service from any enabled input
- OTT/ABR monitoring option features constant checking of HLS, Smooth
- Streaming, HDS, MPEG-DASH and RTMP Streams
- Searchable alarm lists
- Built-in web-based management with access control
- Intuitive GUI using patented visualization techniques for ease of system overview: microETR and MediaWindow
- Optional central management via VideoBRIDGE Controller server
- Eii™ External Integration Interface for easy integration into any 3rd party OSS / NMS system using well-documented SNMP or XML commands
- SNMP multi-destination trapping
- Compatible with Cisco™ VAMS/CMM
- NTP client functionality (RFC2030)
- DHCP client support (RFC2131)
- Remote software and license upgradable
Connector Specifications
- 10/100/1000 Ethernet video: RJ-45
- 10/100 Ethernet management: RJ-45
- Optical input: SFP module
- ASI input: 75-ohm HD-BNC, female
- ASI output: 75-ohm HD-BNC, female
- Initial setup: USB Type-A