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PRODUCTS/VB12 RUGGEDISED BROADCAST IP-PROBE

With full ETR101290 analytics and support for all modern media transportation codecs, the VB12 is built for real-world use. Loss distance and detailed jitter values give accurate readings of network performance.

The ability to monitor 10 services with full ETSI TR 101 290 analysis and alarming makes the portable VB12 invaluable for field use. Its ruggedised exterior and fan-less design give engineers the perfect fault-finding tool when roaming in the network or for permanent placement of a unit in harsh environments.

With full ETR101290 analytics and support for all modern media transportation codecs, the VB12 is built for use by roaming specialists needing full analytics in a remote location. The form factor gives excellent ergonomics and with a built in power supply, no external elements have to be brought along.

With the patented MediaWindow™, historical measurements can be easily accessed for meaningful visualisation of media flow in an IP network. The vital parameters no-sync, packet loss and packet jitter are monitored continuously for full network control.

Confidence monitoring is further enhanced by monitoring of all ETSI TR 101 290 parameters, bandwidth overflow/underflow and signal loss. Based on a highly sophisticated threshold template system alarm granularity can be set to reflect actual status, irrelevant alarms being effectively masked.

The IP-Probe can be utilised for a multitude of remote functions. One such is the ability of the Broadcast Probe to store alarm-triggered TS recordings directly to its internal memory. The recordings can subsequently be accessed directly via the probe’s built-in web interface or remotely.

Each VB12 runs an integral HTTP server with the client as a web browser, so no need to install custom software on computers needing access to the measurement data.

The VB12 comes with a ruggedised scratch resistant coated finish in order to stand up to "life on the road."

In the back of the unit is 100-240v AC connector for the built in power supply and dual ASI connectors for both Input and Output of ASI. Click on image to enlarge.

The main picture shows the VB12 unit with both SFP based Optical GigE or Electrical auto-switching 10/100/1000T Ethernet interfaces, separate 10/100T management interface, RS232 based USB connnector for setup and status LEDs. Click on image to enlarge.

FEATURES INCLUDE

»	1x 10/100/1000T Electrical Ethernet port
»	1x SFP Optical GigE port
»	1x 10/100T Ethernet management port
»	1x ASI Input and 1x ASI output port
»	Built-in USB to RS232 converter
»	Ruggedized chassis
»	Fanless convection-cooled operation
»	Built-in 100-240VAC PSU

»	Real-time monitoring of 10 multicasts/unicasts
»	Monitors Transport Stream into IP according to ETSI TS 102 034
»	Microsoft MediaRoom™ X-bit RTP header extension support
»	IGMPv2 and IGMPv3 SSM support
»	802.1Q VLAN tagging support and detection

»	Thumbnail decoding of MPEG2 and MPEG4 streams, SD and HD
»	Packet jitter and media loss measurements
»	Configurable alarm handling including severity level definitions
»	RTP dropped, duplicate and out-of-order measurements
»	Type of Service (TOS) and Time to Live (TTL) displaying
»	Time loss distance measurements (RFC3357)
»	MediaWindow™ visualisation technology
»	Full real-time ETSI TR 101 290 alarming and analysis (Pri 1, 2, 3) for 2 transport streams in parallel (Ethernet and ASI)
»	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
»	Alarm triggered recording of a multicast/unicast or selectable ASI service RDP™ of IP unicast, multicast or selected ASI service

»	Searchable alarm lists
»	Alarm Scheduling

»	Built-in web-based management with access control
»	Intuitive GUI using patented visualisation techniques for ease of system overview: MicroETR and MediaWindow™
»	Optional central management via VideoBridge Controller server
»	SNMP multi-destination trapping
»	Eii™ External Integration Interface for easy integration into any 3rd party OSS / NMS system
»	Compatible with Cisco™ VAMS/CMM
»	NTP client functionality (RFC2030)
»	DHCP client support (RFC2131)

»	Remote software and license upgradeable

ADVANCED ETHERNET TOOLS OPTION
»	FSM™ monitoring of middleware services
»	IGMP monitoring and logging
»	Advanced real-time IP protocol breakdown and analysis with individual bandwidth and frame size displaying

ADDITIONAL ETSI TR 101 290 MONITORING ENGINE OPTION
»	Full real-time ETSI TR 101 290 alarming and analysis (Pri 1, 2, 3) for additional Ethernet transport streams