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MPEG Test Systems

MTS400

Features & Benefits

  • Industry’s fastest analysis engine enables reduced time to insight, rapid development, evaluation, deployment, and diagnostics of next-generation DTV and IPTV systems and services
  • A wide range of DTV standards are supported, including MPEG, DVB, ATSC, ISDB, and NEW ISDB-TB*1 (Brazil). Specific SI for Terrestrial, Cable, and Satellite, plus regional variations of these standards are also supported.
  • Range of interfaces and analysis capabilities provide the necessary connectivity to diagnose problems anywhere in the network environment, whether that be transmission links (RF or IP layer) or content processing (TS layer).
  • Integrated cross-layer fault analysis and logging provides a one-box solution for fault diagnosis, reducing time to insight when troubleshooting
  • Playout functionality provides stimulus with parametric capabilities and IP multisession replication to characterize behavior of network or device under test
  • CaptureVu™ technology captures and analyzes system events in real time and deferred time to debug the intermittent and complex problems that traditional analyzers miss
  • Innovative program-centric user interface brings expert power to the novice user
  • H.264 Buffer Analysis, Multiplexing, and ES Compliance Checking provide the most powerful suite of tools for creation and analysis of Transport Streams containing H.264 content
  • NEW: Both Buffer Analysis and Multiplexing are now available for MPEG-4 AAC*2, a mandatory ISDB-TB audio CODEC. These compliment the existing MPEG-4 AAC ES Compliance Checking
  • Try before you buy: Demo versions of the TSCA, Multiplexer, and Buffer Analyzer are available to download

Applications

Equipment Manufacturers - Manufacturing Test
  • Equipment test is simplified and faster with CaptureVu™ and the High-speed Analysis Engine
  • Multiplexer/Re-multiplexer allows custom test stream creation for fast and flexible equipment stress testing
  • Stream Playout and Recording provides repeatable test sources with seamless looping and continuous time stamping for test and alignment of STBs, IRDs, and Modulators
  • Duplex operation allows end-to-end testing of system network elements*3
Broadcasters and Network Operators
  • RF and IP connectivity and analysis provide a single-box solution for broadcast system troubleshooting
  • Integrated cross-layer fault analysis and logging for network fault diagnosis reduces time to insight when troubleshooting and removes the need for additional IP- or RF-specific diagnostic equipment
  • CaptureVu technology allows isolation of intermittent network problems that other analyzers would not be capable of isolating
  • Tests contribution feeds or encoder outputs, multiplexer inputs/outputs, headend modulators, and IP encapsulators
  • Tests PCR insertion, recovery, and regeneration equipment
  • Encoder and other equipment for fault diagnosis and evaluation
  • Analysis of transport streams to confirm correct system operation and isolate faults during installation and commissioning

*1  ISDB-TB available soon, please contact Tektronix for details.

*2 MPEG-4 AAC available soon, please contact Tektronix for details.

*3 Duplex is not available for Transport Streams over IP.

Summary of Tools

Further details of individual tools are available within the Additional Resources.

Transport Stream Compliance Analyzer (TSCA)

The TSCA offers significant enhancements over traditional software-based deferred-time (stored streams) MPEG analyzers. The combination of an innovative high-speed analysis engine and built-in intelligence allows ultra-fast pinpointing and debugging of intermittent faults in MPEG Transport Streams used in next-generation DTV and IPTV systems and services.

The TSCA also provides real-time analysis of Transport Streams received through the MTS430’s stream interfaces, including IP and RF. The real-time analysis includes Cross-layer time-correlated IP and TS measurements, alarms, and error logging together with stream recording.

The TSCA includes the CaptureVu™ technology and PCR measurement and graphing capabilities. CaptureVu™ technology captures and analyzes system events in real time and deferred time to debug the intermittent and complex problems that traditional analyzers miss.

Standards compliance is ensured through built-in customizable scripting supporting the broadest ranges of ratified and evolving DTV standards, including ATSC, DVB-C, DVB-H, DVB-S, DVB-T, ISDB-S, ISDB-T, ISDB-TB, and MPEG. To maintain compatibility with the latest standards, flexibility is the key. New standards and proprietary tables can easily be catered for by loading Tektronix-supplied updates, or creating your own custom scripts.

Users can configure the TSCA software to display stream information in user-selected fonts. This feature enables you to view stream information in your local language or to use custom fonts.

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Duplex operation of the real-time TSCA and Player allows end-to-end system test (maximum aggregate bit rate is 214 Mb/s for simultaneous input and output operation)*3.

Playout (Transport Stream Generation) and Recording

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The Player tool provides a Transport Stream stimulus for a device under test through the ASI, SMPTE310, LVDS (DVB Parallel), or IP stream interfaces. Continuous playout of looped streams is possible at up to maximum ASI rate of 214 Mb/s with automatic updating of time stamps. Playout rate can be automatically determined from file PCRs or manually set. Simultaneous playout and recording (duplex operation) for end-to-end system test is supported with the ASI/SMPTE310M and LVDS interfaces.

Playout through the IP interface provides stimulus with parametric capabilities and multisession replication to characterize behavior of a network or device under test. This capability enables equipment manufacturers developing hardware or software solutions for video distribution over IP and IPTV to ensure quality and performance of products, resulting in reduced development costs and accelerated rollout of next-generation IP broadcast services.

Multiplexer and SI Table Editor

When testing network elements or set-top boxes, a transport stream of the representative type needed is often not available. Even if there is a similar one, vital components within it may be missing or suffer from a lack of SI (Service Information) or other tables, or are multiplexed to the incorrect transport stream rate for the application.

Use the Multiplexer/Re-multiplexer/De-multiplexer application to create and modify multiprogram Transport Streams with custom SI/PSI/PSIP information for DVB, ATSC, ISDB*4, and MPEG-compliant Transport Streams.

Video and audio Elementary Streams may also be multiplexed into a Transport Stream. H.264 streams, both with and without SEI timing messages, are supported. Bit rate and frame rate auto-detection features aid the import process.

This enables the user to create their own test streams that they can use to validate and debug their designs more quickly, and also to create errored streams to perform parametric stress testing and ensure robustness and quality of their MPEG-2 or H.264 implementation.

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The Make Seamless wizard is provided with the Multiplexer. When looping a transport stream to simulate continuous playout, errors can be generated at the loop point caused by discontinuities in timing information. The Make Seamless wizard provides the opportunity of creating a seamless version of a Transport Stream file by adjusting SI and ES components within the stream.

*4 This includes ISDB-TB (Brazil) and Single Segment mode.

Buffer Analyzer

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When developing professional and consumer equipment, particularly encoders and set-top boxes, the characteristics of the test streams being either generated or used as stimulus need to be ascertained. Of critical importance amongst these characteristics is adherence to the buffer model. That is, when the stream is processed by a receiver, will any of the internal buffers be caused to either under- or overflow. Consequences of these conditions will be freeze frames and receiver resets.

There are two types of buffer model; the one to use by the receiver is signaled within the Elementary Stream itself. The T-STD method is based upon the DTS values within the PES header and can be used for any contained CODEC type. Additionally, certain video CODECs such as MPEG-2 and H.264/AVC may contain buffer parameters within the ES itself. The Buffer Analyzer verifies conformance of a stream to the T-STD model. Verification of the H.264/AVC HRD method is covered by the MTS4EA product.

Packetized Elementary Stream (PES) Analyzer

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When developing professional and consumer equipment, particularly encoders and set-top boxes, the characteristics of the test streams being either generated or used as stimulus need to be ascertained. The header associated with each PES packet is of particular interest, as it contains the decode and presentation time stamps (DTS and PTS) for the contained Elementary Stream. Errors in these time stamps may cause resets or picture freeze problems at the receiver in extreme cases. They are more typically the cause of lip sync problems where the time stamps of associated video and audio streams are not synchronized. The PES Analyzer is designed to help address these problems as well as verify conformance of the PES header contents to the MPEG, DVB and ATSC standards.

Creating, Editing, and Resizing Transport Streams

Two direct stream manipulation packages are supplied as standard with the MTS400. TS Cutter allows resizing of Transport Streams. TS Editor allows direct editing of Transport Streams using a hexadecimal view as well as a header interpretation guide.

MTS4EA ES Analyzer

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Whether developing a new CODEC chip, integrating a CODEC into professional or consumer equipment, or integrating different vendor’s equipment when rolling out new services, the ability to verify the compliance of an Elementary Stream is crucial. This tool checks for compliance of an Elementary Stream to either next-generation VC-1, AVC/H.264, and MPEG-4 standards or legacy MPEG-2 and H.263. Audio decode and waveform display of MPEG-2 audio (ISO/IEC 13818 parts 3 and 7), AC-3, and MPEG-4 AAC are also supported.

Comprehensive diagnostic capabilities including semantic trace view to determine Frame-by-Frame and Block-by-Block encoder decision making. Synchronized displays allow the user to quickly ascertain the details of each reported error. A bitstream editor allows the effects of planned encoder updates to be quickly understood.

Elementary Stream (ES) Analyzer

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The ES Analyzer is intended for CODEC design, optimization, and conformance purposes. It provides the ability to view the moving picture from within a PES stream and carry out a whole range of sophisticated tests on the lower layers of an elementary stream within a Transport Stream. In addition, it both analyzes and displays a range of extended media formats, including ATSC Closed Captions, DVB Subtitles, and Teletext associated with video Elementary Streams.

For analysis of MPEG-4, AVC/H.264, and VC-1 as well as MPEG-2 Elementary Streams, please refer to the MTS4EA.

Carousel Analyzer

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When developing either data or object carousels for interactive applications, designers not only need to verify the content of carousels, but also whether they are compliant with the relevant standards, and to optimize the settings between transmission bandwidth and responsiveness of the user experience. These settings are mainly concerned with the repetition rates of the various carousel groups. The Carousel Analyzer is designed to address all of these needs for a Transport Stream file containing carousel components. It analyzes carousels compliant with MPEG-2 DSM-CC, DVB (including MHP), DTT (MHEG-5), or ARIB standards.

Carousel Generator

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The Carousel Generator product is used for creating object carousel contents within an output Transport Stream. This is particularly useful in test situations where the effects of varying parameters, such as individual repetition intervals, may be quickly ascertained. The generator will create object carousels conforming to the MPEG-2 DSM-CC, DVB, DTT (MHEG-5), or MHP standards.

Characteristics

Platform Characteristics

Characteristic

Description

Operating System

Microsoft Windows XP Pro

Processor

Intel Pentium P4, 2.8 GHz minimum

Disk Storage for Operating System and Software Applications

80 GB, Ultra ATA100 IDE Hard Drive

Disk Storage for Captured Video Streams

144 GB (72 GB SCSI Hard Disk Drives x2)

Video Stream Storage Disk I/O Port

SCSI-3 (Ultra 160), Micro D68 connector, 68 Pin

RAM

1 GB (one SIM of DDRS memory)

Optical Storage Drive

CD-R/W, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW

Floppy Disk Drive

3.5 inch, 1.44 MB high-density double sided (2 HD)

Display

LCD, 1024 × 768, 10.4 inch

External VGA Output

15-pin, High density, D-Sub. Resolution needs to be set to the same as the integral LCD display

Ethernet

One 10/100-base T; RJ45 connector

One 10/100/1000-base T; RJ45 connector

Keyboard Port

Mini DIN, PS-2, one at the rear and one at left front side

(Not hot pluggable)

Mouse Port

Mini DIN, PS-2, one at the rear and one at left front side

(Not hot pluggable)

Printer Port

IEEE P1284

COM Port

RS-232

USB Port

USB 2.0 x2

Instrument Characteristics

External Reference/Clock Input

Characteristic

Description

Input Connector Type

50 Ω, BNC, AC Coupled

Frequency

8.12698 MHz, 10 MHz, 27 MHz

(<1 ppm recommended)

Amplitude

0 ±6 dBm (Peak-to-Peak, Sine Wave)

0.5 V to 3.0 V (Square Wave)

Clock Inputs

Frequency

160 kHz to 25 MHz (Parallel Clock)

1.28 MHz to 32 MHz (Serial Clock)

Amplitude

0.5 V to 3.0 V (Square Wave)

External Trigger Input

Characteristic

Description

Input Connector Type

1 kΩ, BNC

Threshold Level

Rising/Falling Edge programmable

High Level

>3.5 V (The maximum limit voltage is 7 V)

Low Level

<0.8 V

SPI I/O

Characteristic

Description

SPI Input Connector Type

D-sub 25 pin

Output Amplitude

240 mV to 550 mV BUS LVDS with 100 Ω termination

Data Rate

250 Kb/s to 108 Mb/s

(in accordance DVB specification maximum)

Output Impedance

100 Ω between differential outputs with “Output Off”

Data Delay

±5 ns From DCLK rising edge

Input Level

>200 mV p-p (RI+)-(RI-) with 100 Ω termination

Input Impedance

100 Ω between differential inputs

ASI

Characteristic

Description

Connector

BNC (uses a common connector with the SMPTE 310M interface)

75 Ω transformer-coupled input and output

800 mV ±10% into 75 Ω load output

200 mV to 880 mV input

Return loss less than -17 dB (5 MHz to 270 MHz) into a 75 Ω load

Bit Rate

250 Kb/s to 214 Mb/s

(in accordance DVB specification maximum)

Input and output aggregate bit rate

(simplex or duplex operation)

SMPTE310M

Characteristic

Description

Connector

BNC (uses a common connector with the ASI interface)

75 Ω transformer-coupled input and output

800 mV ±10% into 75 Ω load output

200 mV to 880 mV input

Return loss less than < -17 dB (5 MHz to 38.785316 MHz) at 75 Ω load

Bit Rate

19,392,658.5 b/s

Standalone Software System Requirements

(Required when software is purchased to be installed on a user’s own PC)

  • PC with Genuine Intel Pentium class 1.2 GHz processor
  • Intel or 100% compatible motherboard chipset
  • Windows 2000 or Windows XP Operating System
  • Internet Explorer 5.0 or above
  • 256 MB of RAM
  • 500 MB of available hard disk space for the applications and documentation
  • Additional space will be required for storage of captured video streams
  • SVGA (800 × 600) resolution video adapter and monitor(XVGA (1024 × 768) or higher resolution recommended)
  • CD-ROM or DVD drive
  • 3.5 in. floppy disk drive
  • Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
  • Video-over-IP analysis option requires a standard network interface card (NIC)
  • Detailed graphical displays provided by the next-generation compressed video analyzer (MTS4EA) require Microsoft Excel
Interface Options Characteristics

GigE Interface (Option GBE)

Characteristics

Description

Ethernet Ports

The Ethernet Interface supports 1000 Mb/s data transmission.

IEEE 802.3 compliant 1000 Ethernet interface supporting 1000BASE-T through copper to SFP adapter, 1000BASE-SX (multi mode), and 1000BASE-LX (single mode), 1000BASE-ZX.

Ethernet Optical port

   Optical operating mode

Single Mode or Multi Mode

   Connector type

Duplex data link MSA-compliant SFP connector

   Standard

1000BASE-X

   Data format

NRZ

   Ethernet optical transmitter/receiver

Single Mode 1550 nm SFP module

Single Mode 1310 nm SFP module

Multi Mode 850 nm SFP module

Ethernet Electrical Port

   Standard

1000BASE-T IEEE 802.3

   Connector type

RJ-45

   Data format 1000BaseT

Trellis encoded, PAM5 symbols full-duplex on 4-pair Cat-5 UTP per IEEE 802.3ab

Protocol Stack Support

IPv4 support

UDP/IP/Ethernet

UDP/IP/VLAN/Ethernet

RTP/UDP/IP/Ethernet

RTP/UDP/IP/VLAN/Ethernet

Multicast and Control Support

IGMP v2 support

ARP

IP Packet Support

7 transport stream packets per IP packet

FEC (FEC is parsed but is not processed)

Session Support

Discovery of all sessions/flows on the link with RTP/UDP, TS present indicator and Session bit rate display

COFDM Interface (Option CF)

Characteristic

Description

Input Frequency Range

50 MHz to 858 MHz

Channel Bandwidth

6 MHz, 7 MHz, and 8 MHz (SW selectable)

Connector Style

F-type with BNC adaptor

Input Termination Impedance

75 Ω nominal

Input Return Loss

7 dB typical 50 MHz to 858 MHz

Rx Lock Status

Indicated by LED on rear panel and by the UI

Modulation Scheme Supported

QPSK (4QAM), 16QAM, and 64QAM modulation

Transmission Modes

2K carriers and 8K carriers

Hierarchical Modes

All hierarchies are be supported, including no hierarchy, and alpha = 1, 2, and 4

Viterbi Puncture Rates

1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8

Guard Interval

1/32, 1/16, 1/8, 1/4

Spectrum Polarity

The receiver will operate with both inverted and normal spectral polarity

Input Signal Amplitude Range*5

QPSK (4QAM): -85 dBm to -15 dBm (24 dBuV to 94 dBuV) typical

16QAM: -80 dBm to -15 dBm (29 dBuV to 94 dBuV) typical

64QAM: -72 dBm to -15 dBm (37 dBuV to 94 dBuV) typical

RF Measurements

   Carrier offset

Carrier offset is measured from the tuned channel frequency to an accuracy of ±50 ppm typical

   Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR)

Display Range:

6 dB to 40 dB for QPSK (4QAM)

11 dB to 40 dB for 16QAM

16 dB to 40 dB for 64QAM

Resolution: 1 dB

Accuracy: ±1 dB to 30 dB SNR (measured at -30 dBm in high-resolution mode) typical

   EVM (Error Vector Magnitude)

Display Range:

1% to 30% RMS, for QPSK

1% to 20% RMS, 16QAM

1% to 8.5% RMS, 64QAM

Resolution: 0.1%

   Modulation Error Ratio (MER) with Equalizer

Both MER Peak and MER Average are displayed as measured across all carriers

Display Range:

6 dB to 37 dB for QPSK (4QAM)

11 dB to 37 dB for 16QAM

16 dB to 37 dB for 64QAM

Resolution: 0.1 dB

Accuracy: ±1 dB to 30 dB (measured at -30 dBm in high-resolution mode) typical

   Constellation

The RF constellation is displayed on the UI

   Channel impulse response

Measurement of channel impulse response and SFN delay

   Channel spectral response

Active receive channel spectrum, RF level vs. frequency

   Bit Error Ratio (BER)

Pre FEC, BER, and Error Sec BER values are displayed

   Post Reed Solomon BER

Post RS BER (Uncorrectable Error Count) displayed

   Transport Error Flag (TEF)

Alarm generated on detection of a TEF

*5 For compliance with IEC61000-4-3 (Immunity) the Input Signal Amplitude must be ≥ -40 dBm.

8VSB Interface (Option VS)

Characteristic

Description

Input Frequency Range

54 MHz to 860 MHz, VHF/UHF channels 2 to 69 (to include low VHF frequencies)

Input Signal Level

-72 dBm to -6 dBm (-23 dBmV to +43 dBmV) typical

Modulation Format

8VSB in accordance with ATSC A/53B

Receiver Bandwidth

6 MHz

Input Termination Impedance

75 Ω nominal

Connector Type

F-type Connector

Input Return Loss

5 dB typical

RF Measurements

   RF lock

RF lock is indicated by a LED on the rear panel and a status indicator on the UI

   Input level

Range:

-72 dBm to -2 dBm

-23 dBmV to +47 dBmV relative to 75 Ω

Resolution: 1 dB

Accuracy: ±3 dB up to -6 dBm input level typical

≥ -50 dBm to ensure compliance to IEC 61000-4-3 immunity

   Error Vector Magnitude (EVM)

Display Range: 3% to 12.5% RMS

Resolution: 0.1% typical

   Equivalent Modulation Error Ratio (MER)

Display Range: 15 dB to 36 dB

Resolution: 1 dB

Accuracy:

±1 dB for MER <25 dB typical

±3 dB for MER 25 dB to 31 dB typical

   Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR)

Display Range: 15 dB to 35 dB

Resolution: 1 dB

Accuracy:

±1 dB for SNR <25 dB

±3 dB for SNR 25 dB to 35 dB typical

   Bit Error Ratio (BER)

Pre FEC, SER, and Error Sec BER values displayed on UI

Interface Option EP provides both QPSK (L-Band) and Turbo 8PSK interface and measurement capability

QPSK (L-Band) and Turbo 8PSK Interface Card (Option EP)

Characteristic

Description

Input Frequency Range

950 MHz to 2150 MHz step size of 1 MHz

Input Signal Amplitude Range

-60 dBm to -30 dBm for CBER < 1e -6

Modulation Format

QPSK in accordance with ETSI EN 300 421

Modulated Baud Rate

1 MBaud min, 30 MBaud max

Viterbi Values Supported

1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 6/7, 7/8

FEC

In accordance with ETSI EN 300 421

Turbo Viterbi Values Supported

1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8

Turbo FEC

Turbo Code

Connector Style

F - style

Input Termination Impedance

75 Ω nominal

LNB Supply Voltage

Selectable; 13.0 V ±1.5 V or 18.0 V ±1.5 V

LNB Supply Maximum Current

200 mA maximum

LNB 22 kHz Signaling Frequency

17.6 kHz min, 26.4 kHz max (22 kHz ±20%)

LNB 22 kHz Signaling Amplitude

600 mVp-p nominal with 100 Ω load

Modes Supported

Turbo QPSK, QPSK DSS, QPSK DCII, QPSK DVB

RF Measurements

   RF lock

RF lock is indicated to the user by an LED on the rear panel and a status icon on the UI

   Input level (signal strength)

Range: -60 dBm to -30 dBm

Resolution: 1 dBm

Accuracy: ±5 dBm typical

   EVM (Error Vector Magnitude)

Display Range: ≤4.0% to ≥30.0% RMS

Resolution: 0.1%

   MER (Modulation Error Ratio) with Equalizer

Display Range: 10 to 26 dB with Equalizer

Resolution: 1 dB

Accuracy: ±2 dB typical for range 10 to 20 dB

   SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio)

Display Range: 5 to 35 dB

Resolution: 1 dB

Accuracy: ±2 dB typical for range from 5 to 30 dB

   Pre Reed Solomon (RS) BER

Pre-RS BER is displayed on the UI

   Post RS BER and TEF (Transport Error Flag)

Post Reed Solomon BER (TEF ratio), TEF rate, and number of Transport Error Flags (TEF count) are displayed on the UI.

   Constellation

The RF constellation is displayed on the UI

Turbo 8PSK Interface (Option EP)

Characteristic

Description

Input Frequency Range

950 MHz to 2150 MHz in 100 kHz steps

Modulation Format

Turbo 8PSK*6

Modulated Baud Rate

1 MBaud min, 30 MBaud max

Turbo Viterbi Values Supported

2/3, 3/4 (2.05), 3/4 (2.1), 5/6, 8/9

Turbo FEC

Turbo Code

Connector Style

F - style

Input Termination Impedance

75 Ω nominal

LNB Supply Voltage

Selectable; 13.0 V ±1.5 V or 18.0 V ±1.5 V

LNB Supply Maximun Current

200 mA maximum

LNB 22 kHz Signaling Frequency

17.6 kHz min, 26.4 kHz max (22 kHz ±20%)

LNB 22 kHz Signaling Amplitude

600 mVp-p with 100 Ω load

Modes Supported

Turbo 8PSK

RF Measurements

   RF lock

RF lock is indicated to the user by an LED on the rear panel and a status icon on the UI

   Input level (signal strength)

Range: -60 dBm to -30 dBm

Resolution: 1 dBm

Accuracy: ±5 dBm typical

   EVM (Error Vector Magnitude)

Display Range: ≤4.0% to ≥30.0% RMS

Resolution: 0.1%

   MER (Modulation Error Ratio) with Equalizer

Display Range: 10 to 26 dB with Equalizer

Resolution: 1 dB

Accuracy: ±2 dB typical for range 10 to 20 dB

   SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio)

Display Range: 5 to 35 dB

Resolution: 1 dB

Accuracy: ±2 dB typical for range from 5 to 30 dB

   Pre Reed Solomon (RS) BER

Pre-RS BER is displayed on the UI

   Post RS BER and TEF (Transport Error Flag)

Post Reed Solomon BER (TEF ratio), TEF rate, and number of Transport Error Flags (TEF count) are displayed on the UI

   Constellation

The RF constellation is displayed on the UI

*6 Please note that the Turbo 8PSK option does not support nonturbo 8PSK (DVB-DSNG), or DVB-S2. For information, please contact Tektronix.

QAM Interface (Option QB2)

Characteristic

Description

Input Frequency Range

88 MHz to 858 MHz , 62.5 kHz steps

Modulation Format

64QAM, 256QAM compliant with ITU J-83*7

SCTE07 Compliant

Modulation Baud Rate

5.057 Mbaud/s and 5.360 Mbaud/s

Input Signal Level

-64 dBm to -19 dBm (45 dBuV to 90 dBuV relative to 75 Ω) with a 64 and 256 QAM input typical

Ultimate Modulation Error Ratio

37 dB typical

Receiver Bandwidth

6 MHz nominal

Input Termination Impedance

75 Ω nominal

Input Return Loss

-6 dB min, -10 dB typical, 51 MHz to 858 MHz

RF Measurements

   RF lock

RF lock is indicated by a LED on the rear panel and a status icon on UI

   Input level (signal strength)

Range: -64 dBm to -19 dBm

Resolution: 1 dBm

Accuracy: ±3 dBm

typical

   EVM (Error Vector Magnitude)

Display Range for 64 QAM: ≤1% to ≥5% RMS

Display Range for 256 QAM: ≤1% to ≥2.5% RMS

Resolution: 0.1%

Accuracy: within 20% of reading for S/N >25 dB

typical

   MER (Modulation Error Ratio) with Equalizer

Display Range for 64 QAM: 22 dB to 37 dB

Display Range for 256 QAM: 28 dB to 37 dB

Resolution: 0.1 dB

Accuracy:

±1 dB for MER <25 dB

±3 dB for MER 25 dB to 34 dB

typical

   SNR

Display Range for 64 QAM: 22 dB to 37 dB

Display Range for 256 QAM: 28 dB to 37 dB

Resolution: 1 dB

Accuracy:

±1 dB for MER <25 dB

±3 dB for MER 25 dB to 34 dB

typical

   BER

Pre FEC, SER, and Error Sec BER values are displayed

   Post RS BER and TEF (Transport Error Flag)

Post Reed Solomon BER (uncorrectable error count) and number of Transport Error Flags are displayed on the UI

   Constellation

The RF constellation is displayed on the UI

*7 Level 1 and Level 2 interleaving support compliant with all ITU J-83 Annex B, excluding I, J = 128, 7 and 128, 8 for 64QAM and in 256QAM excluding I, J = 8, 16 and 16, 8.

Ordering Information

MTS400 (Network Operators) Base System

MTS400 MPEG Test System

Includes: Real-time Transport Stream Compliance Analyzer with CaptureVu™ technology, Simultaneous Play/Record on one channel, TS Editor, and TS Cutter Applications.

MTS400 Options

Option

Description

Opt. TSCA

Deferred-time Transport Stream Compliance Analyzer with CaptureVu™ technology

Opt. IPE

Real-time 10/100/1000Base-T Video over IP Analysis with CaptureVu™ technology

Opt. MX

Multiplexer

Opt. ES

ES Analyzer

Opt. PA

PES Analyzer

Opt. BA

Buffer Analyzer

Opt. DB

Carousel Analyzer

Opt. CG

Carousel Generator

Opt. DBCG

Carousel Analyzer and Carousel Generator

Opt. GBE

GIGE Video-over-IP interface to MTS430 or MTS400 (SFP required)

Opt. VS

8VSB interface to MTS430 or MTS400

Opt. QB2

QAM Annex b interface to MTS430 or MTS400

Opt. CF

COFDM DVB-T interface to MTS430 or MTS400

Opt. EP

QPSK/8PSK interface to MTS430 or MTS400

Opt. LX

1000BASE-LX long wavelength optical port with LC connector for MTS430/MTS400 gigabit ethernet interface (single mode 1310 NM)

Opt. SX

1000BASE-SX short wavelength optical port with LC connector for MTS430/MTS400 gigabit ethernet interface (multi mode 850 NM)

Opt. ZX

1000BASE-ZX long wavelength optical port with LC connector for MTS430/MTS400 gigabit ethernet interface (single mode 1550 NM)

Opt. CU

1000BASE-T electrical port with RJ45 connector for MTS430/MTS400 gigabit ethernet interface

Repair Service

Opt. R3

3 years

Opt. R5

5 years

Documentation

Opt. L0

English

Opt. L5

Japanese

Opt. L99

Electronic user documentation supplied only

(no printed hardcopy)

Power Cord/Adapter

Opt. A0

North American

Opt. A1

Universal Euro

Opt. A2

United Kingdom

Opt. A3

Australia

Opt. A4

240 V, North America

Opt. A5

Switzerland

Opt. A6

Japan

Opt. A10

China

Opt. A11

India

Opt. A99

No power cord or AC adapter

Add MTS4EA Compressed Video ES Analyzer onto MTS430/MTS400 System at Initial Time of Ordering

Option

Description

Opt. 4EAB

Base software with video standard package including: MPEG-4 Simple Profile, H.263+, H.263, TS Extraction, CD, and Manual

Opt. M4SP

MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile (Levels 0 - 5)

Opt. M2ML

MPEG-2 Main Profile Main Level

Opt. M2HL

MPEG-2 Main Profile High Level and High Level 1440 (High Definition)

Opt. AVCE

H.264/AVC Baseline and Extended Profiles

(Levels 1 - 5)

Opt. AVCM

H.264/AVC Main Profile (Levels 1 - 5)

Opt. AVCH

H.264/AVC High Profile with FRExt

(10 bit, 4:2:2:, 4:4:4)

Opt. AVDM

Audio/Visual Delay Measurement

Opt. VC1

VC-1 (all Profiles, all Levels) and Windows Media V9 (ASF)

Opt. AUD

Audio (incl. AAC, HE AAC)

Opt. SWSE

First 12 months software subscription on the MTS4EA software and its options purchased with a new MTS430/MTS400. (Does not cover the MTS430/MTS400 base software and standard options)

Upgrade or Add Standard Options after Initial Purchase of MTS400, MTS430, or MTS4SA

Item

Option

Description

MTS4UP

   

MTS400 Series Field Upgrade Kit

Upgrade to add Deferred-time Transport Stream Compliance Analyzer

MTS4UP

Opt. TSCA

Available for MTS400 or MTS4SA only

Upgrade to add Real-time Video-over-IP

MTS4UP

Opt. IPE

Analysis (available for MTS400 only)

Upgrade to add

MTS4UP

Opt. MX

Deferred-time Multiplexer

(available for MTS400 or MTS4SA only)

MTS4UP

Opt. PA

PES Analyzer

(available for MTS400 or MTS4SA only)

MTS4UP

Opt. BA

Buffer Analyzer

(available for MTS400 or MTS4SA only)

MTS4UP

Opt. ES

ES Analyzer to any MTS400 Series product

MTS4UP

Opt. DB

Carousel Analyzer to any MTS400 Series product

MTS4UP

Opt. CG

Carousel Generator to MTS400 Series

MTS4UP

Opt. DBCG

Carousel Analyzer and Carousel Generator to MTS400 Series

Upgrade kit to add

MTS4UP

GBE

GIGE interface to MTS4x0 (SFP required). Includes upgrade to latest software

MTS4UP

LX

1000BASE-LX long wavelength optical port with LC connector for MTS4x0 GIGE interface (single mode 1310 NM)

MTS4UP

SX

1000BASE-SX short wavelength optical port with LC connector for MTS4x0 GIGE interface (multi mode 850 NM)

MTS4UP

ZX

1000BASE-ZX long wavelength optical port with LC connector for MTS4x0 GIGE interface (multi mode 1550 NM)

MTS4UP

CU

1000BASE-T electrical port with RJ45 connector for MTS4x0 GIGE interface

MTS4UP

VS

8VSB interface to MTS400. Includes upgrade to latest software

MTS4UP

QB2

QAM Annex B interface to MTS400. Includes upgrade to latest software

MTS4UP

CF

COFDM DVB-T interface to MTS400. Includes upgrade to latest software

MTS4UP

EP

QPSK/8PSK interface to MTS400. Includes upgrade to latest software

Other

MTS4UP

UPG

Upgrade to latest version of MTS400 Series base software and installed options. Includes CD and Manual (does not include upgrades to MTS4EA software)

MTS4UP

IF

Return to Depot installation of MTS4UP on an MTS400 or MTS430 only (not available with MTS4SA software installed on a user’s own PC)

Note: To upgrade or add MTS4EA compressed video ES Analyzer options after initial purchase of MTS400 or MTS430 instruments, please see specific MTS4EA Ordering Information.