RCS 400 ATSC
Gsertel’s RCS 400 ATSC is a network professional monitoring platform that allows the remote, proactive and real-time ATSC 3.0 and ATSC 1.0 signal monitoring. The RCS 400 ATSC has the ability to simultaneously measure, analyze and monitor RF, STLTP, ASI and IPTV signals.
With a compact format, 1RU, all the processing and analysis necessary to obtain the monitoring results is done on the equipment, not needing any additional element except a standard web browser to display the information.
RCS 400 ATSC is designed for a 24x7 monitoring signal, allowing to ensure the availability of services in a ATSC 3.0 & ATSC 1.0 network.
The intuitive web interface of the RCS, which allows an easy and quick access to all functions, coupled with unique features such as the powerful spectral analysis and capabilities of streaming or Transport Stream signal recording, make the RCS 400 ATSC an ideal solution for headend monitoring, transmission sites or locations on the field.
Features
Connectivity
- Signal inputs: 4 x RF N50 Ω, 4 x ASI BNC 75 Ω, 1 x IP GE RFJ45 (up to 4 TS), 1 x (Backup) GE RJ45.
- Signal outputs: 2 x ASI BNC 75 Ω.
- Internal GPS with antenna connector.
- Synchronism: 1 PPS, 10 MHz.
- Gigabit Ethernet port for management.
- HDMI output.
- USB port.
RF Analysis
- Signal quality measurements: Power, C/N, MER, BER measurements, shoulders, echoes.
- Analysis by channel or multiple channels polling.
- Real-time spectrum.
- Echoes monitoring.
- Constellation representation.
- Alarm log (real time) and representation (temporal evolution).
Content Analysis
- ATSC 3.0 and ATSC 1.0 Analysis.
- Service Bitrate
- Table Bitrate
- Services treeview
- LLS Tables for ATSC 3.0.
- PSIP/SI Tables for ATSC 1.0.
- STLTP Analysis for IP input
- TXID for ATSC 3.0.
All in One
All the channel analysis and measurement information summarized at a glance.
Bitrates
Real-time representation and temporal evolution of the bitrate of each service.
RF Analysis
Real-time representation and temporal evolution of the RF measurements and alarms.
Advanced features
- Simultaneous and real-time processing of all inputs.
- “All in One” screen that allows analyzing at a glance the status of a channel from several points of view: radiofrequency, transport and alarms.
- Advanced measure of echoes, with masks in amplitude and delay.
- Full band spectrum analyzer (5Hz-1GHz) with mask function and automatic alarm.
- SFN drift measurement.
- Accurate measurement (<10 Hz) of the frequency Offset.
- Measurement and temporal representation of the PCR Jitter and PCR Interval.
- Powerful historical analysis of measurement and analysis of alarms.
- TS Recording for ATSC 1.0.
- PCAP Recording for ATSC 3.0.
- L1 Preamble Information.
- Remote control application in HTML5.
- Full management through SNMP v2.0.
- Black and Freeze Detection.
- Audio Silence Detection.
- ATSC 1.0 alarms according to Recommended Practice A/78
- Live Streaming using HLS (the RCS works as HLS server)
- Services Audio Levels metering.
Spectrum
Full band spectrum analyzer with mask function and automatic alarm.
Preample Info
L1 Preample Information parameters.
Echoes
Advanced measure of echoes, with masks in amplitude and delay.
Benefits
- Proactive detection of signal problems.
- Time reduction in distribution and transmission network diagnostic and troubleshooting.
- Attractive cost-benefit solution for the signal in-depth analysis.
- Very intuitive and user friendly interface.
- Flexible and scalable in functionality architecture (software licenses).
- High accuracy in measurement.
- Full integration with third parties’ NMS.
- Availability of the latest features through the automatic detection of new software versions.