| Hardware |
| Feature |
RF Version |
ASI Version |
RF + ASI Version |
| Size |
19" 1U |
19" 1U |
19" 1U |
| RF Receiver |
yes (up to 4) |
no |
yes (up to 2) |
| ASI Decoder |
no |
yes (up to 8) |
yes (up to 4) |
| IP Input (TS over IP) |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Connectors |
75 Ω type F (female)
(up to 4) |
75 Ω BNC
(up to 8) |
RF: 75 Ω type F (up to 2)
ASI: 75 Ω BNC (up to 4) |
| Ethernet |
2x Gigabit Ethernet |
2x Gigabit Ethernet |
2x Gigabit Ethernet |
| Log File Storage |
50 GB |
50 GB |
50 GB |
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SAM-MT 400 can be equipped with more log file storage on request. |
| Snapshot Storage |
150 GB |
150 GB |
150 GB |
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SAM-MT 400 can be equipped with more snapshot storage on request. |
| RF Bands |
III, IV, V |
|
III, IV, V |
| Modulation Types |
QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM |
|
QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM |
| FFT Modes (using SAM-RX 100) |
2k, 4k, 8k |
|
2k, 4k, 8k |
| FFT Modes (using DTA-2135) |
2k, 8k |
|
2k, 8k |
| Code Rate |
1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8 |
|
1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8 |
| Guard Interval |
1/32, 1/16, 1/8, 1/4 |
|
1/32, 1/16, 1/8, 1/4 |
| Bandwidth (using SAM-RX 100) |
5, 6, 7, 8 MHz |
|
5, 6, 7, 8 MHz |
| Bandwidth (using DTA-2135) |
6, 7, 8 MHz |
|
6, 7, 8 MHz |
| Networks |
SFN, MFN |
|
SFN, MFN |
| Reception Modes |
Single, Diversity |
|
Single, Diversity |
| Bitrate |
|
0 to 214 MBit/s |
|
| Packet Size |
|
188 or 204 bytes |
|
| Monitoring RF Layer |
| Feature |
Comment |
DVB-T |
DVB-H |
SNMP |
GUI |
| Global State RF |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
| RF level |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Modulation Error Ratio (MER) |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Bit Error Ratio (BER) |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Packet Error Ratio (PER) |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Carrier/Noise (C_n) |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Cell ID |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
| TPS Information (DVB-T + DVB-H) |
e.g. Modulation, FFT Mode, Coderate, Guard Interval, Time Slicing used, Hierarchical Mode... |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Constellation Diagram |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
| Channel Impulse Response Diagram |
only using SAM-RX 100 |
X |
X |
|
X |
| Monitoring MPEG-2 Layer |
| Feature |
Comment |
DVB-T |
DVB-H |
SNMP |
GUI |
| Global State MPEG-2 Priority 1 |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
| TS Synchronization Loss |
ETSI TR 101290 Priority 1 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Synchronization Byte Error |
ETSI TR 101290 Priority 1 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| PAT Error |
ETSI TR 101290 Priority 1 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| PMT Error |
ETSI TR 101290 Priority 1,
exactly for each particular PMT |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Exclude PMT's from monitoring |
e.g. in case there is a missing PMT which shall not cause a permanent Priority 1 PMT error, thereby further monitoring all other PMTs |
X |
X |
X |
|
| Continuity Count Error |
ETSI TR 101290 Priority 1 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| PID Error |
ETSI TR 101290 Priority 1,
exactly for each particular PID |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Exclude PID's from monitoring |
e.g. in case there is a missing PID which shall not cause a permanent Priority 1 PID error, thereby further monitoring all other PIDs |
X |
X |
X |
|
| Global State MPEG-2 Priority 2 |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Transport Error |
ETSI TR 101290 Priority 2 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| CRC Error |
ETSI TR 101290 Priority 2 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| PCR Repetition Error |
ETSI TR 101290 Priority 2,
exactly for each particular PCR PID |
X |
|
X |
X |
| Exclude PCR Repetition PID's from monitoring |
e.g. in case there is an erroneous PCR Repetition PID which shall not cause a permanent Priority 2 PCR Repetition error, thereby further monitoring all other PCR Repetition PIDs |
X |
|
X |
|
| PCR Discontinuity Error |
ETSI TR 101290 Priority 2,
exactly for each particular PCR PID |
X |
|
X |
X |
| Exclude PCR Discontinuity PID's from monitoring |
e.g. in case there is an erroneous PCR Discontinuity PID which shall not cause a permanent Priority 2 PCR Discontinuity error, thereby further monitoring all other PCR Discontinuity PIDs |
X |
|
X |
|
| PCR Accuracy Error |
ETSI TR 101290 Priority 2,
exactly for each particular PCR PID |
X |
|
X |
X |
| Exclude PCR Accuracy PID's from monitoring |
e.g. in case there is an erroneous PCR Accuracy PID which shall not cause a permanent Priority 2 PCR Accuracy error, thereby further monitoring all other PCR Accuracy PIDs |
X |
|
X |
|
| PTS Error |
ETSI TR 101290 Priority 2,
exactly for each particular PTS PID |
X |
|
X |
X |
| Exclude PTS PID's from monitoring |
e.g. in case there is an erroneous PTS PID which shall not cause a permanent Priority 2 PTS error, thereby further monitoring all other PTS PIDs |
X |
|
X |
|
| CAT Error |
ETSI TR 101290 Priority 2 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Global State MPEG-2 Priority 3 |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
| SI Repetition Error |
ETSI TR 101290 Priority 3 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| NIT Error (Actual/Other) |
ETSI TR 101290 Priority 3 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| SDT Error (Actual/Other) |
ETSI TR 101290 Priority 3 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| EIT Error (Actual/Other) |
ETSI TR 101290 Priority 3 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| BAT Error |
ETSI TR 101290 Priority 3 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| RST Error |
ETSI TR 101290 Priority 3 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| TDT Error |
ETSI TR 101290 Priority 3 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| TOT Error |
ETSI TR 101290 Priority 3 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| ST Error |
ETSI TR 101290 Priority 3 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Undefined PID Error |
ETSI TR 101290 Priority 3 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| SI Table Version Change |
PAT, CAT, PMT, TSDT, NIT, NIT_Other, INT, SDT, SDT_Other, BAT, EIT, EIT_Other, SIT |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| PID Bitrate |
separately for each PID,
any number of PIDs simultaneously,
individual upper and lower warning and error thresholds per PID |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Exclude PID's from bitrate monitoring |
e.g. in case there is an erroneous PID which shall not cause a permanent PID bitrate error, thereby further monitoring all other PID bitrates |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Program Bitrate |
separately for each Program,
any number of Programs simultaneously,
individual upper and lower warning and error thresholds per Program |
X |
|
X |
X |
| Exclude Programs from Program Bitrate monitoring |
e.g. in case there is an erroneous Program which shall not cause a permanent Program bitrate error, thereby further monitoring all other Program bitrates |
X |
|
X |
X |
| Monitoring DVB-H specific MPE Layer |
| Feature |
Comment |
DVB-T |
DVB-H |
SNMP |
GUI |
| Global State MPE |
|
|
X |
X |
X |
| IP Packet Error Ratio |
all IP packets within the multiplex get CRC checked |
|
X |
X |
X |
| Time Slice Jitter (Delta-t Jitter) |
exactly for each MPE PID,
burst too late, burst too early for each MPE service |
|
X |
X |
X |
| Exclude MPE PID's from Delta-t Jitter monitoring |
e.g. in case there is an erroneous MPE PID which shall not cause a permanent Delta-t Jitter error, thereby further monitoring all other MPE PID's |
|
X |
X |
|
| MPE-FEC (corrected) |
exactly for each MPE PID,
calculation of MPE-FEC of all MPE services,
detection of all data bytes corrected by MPE-FEC |
|
X |
X |
X |
| MPE-FEC (not corrected) |
exactly for each MPE PID,
calculation of MPE-FEC of all MPE services,
detection of all data bytes not corrected by MPE-FEC |
|
X |
X |
X |
| MPE Frame Error Ratio (MFER) |
exactly for each MPE PID,
Ratio between erroneous MPE bursts and valid MPE bursts |
|
X |
X |
X |
| Exclude MPE-FEC PID's from monitoring |
e.g. in case there is an erroneous MPE-FEC PID which shall not cause a permanent MPE-FEC PID error, thereby further monitoring all other MPE-FEC PID's |
|
X |
X |
X |
| INT Repetition Error |
exactly for each INT,
IP/MAC Notification Table, for all INTs in the broadcast |
|
X |
X |
X |
| Exclude INT's from monitoring |
e.g. in case there is an erroneous INT which shall not cause a permanent INT error, thereby further monitoring all other INTs |
|
X |
X |
|
| Monitoring DVB-H specific IP and RTP Layer |
| Feature |
Comment |
DVB-T |
DVB-H |
SNMP |
GUI |
| Global State IP/RTP |
|
|
X |
X |
X |
| IP/Port Bitrate |
exactly for each triple (PID, IP and port number),
any number of triples simultaneously,
individual upper AND lower warning and error thresholds per triple |
|
X |
X |
X |
| Exclude PID/IP/Port triples from bitrate monitoring |
e.g. in case there is an erroneous PID/IP/Port triple which shall not cause a permanent bitrate error, thereby further monitoring all other bitrates |
|
X |
X |
|
| IP missing |
exactly for each IP,
detects announced but not transmitted IPs |
|
X |
X |
X |
| Exclude IP's from IP missing monitoring |
e.g. in case there is a missing IP which shall not cause a permanent error, thereby further monitoring all other IP's |
|
X |
X |
|
| RTP Sequence Counter Error |
exactly for each triple (PID, IP and port number),
detects encoding problems in realtime content (video/audio) |
|
X |
X |
X |
| Exclude RTP services from monitoring |
e.g. in case there is an erroneous RTP service which shall not cause a permanent RTP error, thereby further monitoring all other RTP's |
|
X |
X |
|
| SDP Cross Check Error |
exactly for each IP,
compares the video/audio ports announced within the SDP file with the actual used ports by the broadcast |
|
X |
X |
X |
| Exclude SDP checks from monitoring |
e.g. in case there is an erroneous SDP file which shall not cause a permanent SDP error, thereby further monitoring all other SDP's |
|
X |
X |
|
| Monitoring FLUTE Layer optional |
| Feature |
Comment |
DVB-T |
DVB-H |
SNMP |
GUI |
| Reception FLUTE/ALC carousels |
all carousels simultaneously |
|
X |
|
X |
| Monitoring FDT instances |
|
|
X |
|
X |
| FDT updates |
|
|
X |
|
X |
| Monitoring announced/received files |
|
|
X |
|
X |
| Cycle times |
|
|
X |
|
X |
| Archiving all received files |
infinite storage of all files ever received via FLUTE carousel |
|
X |
|
X |
| Monitoring ESG Bootstrap - IPDC/CBMS and OMA BCAST standards, incl. RAW, GZIP and BiM encoded ESGs |
| Feature |
Comment |
DVB-T |
DVB-H |
SNMP |
GUI |
| Global State ESG |
|
|
X |
X |
X |
| Global State ESG Bootstrap |
|
|
X |
X |
X |
| Permanent, continuous monitoring of ESG Bootstrap |
by regular automatic re-start of ESG bootstrap analysis |
|
X |
X |
X |
| Bootstrap Counter |
|
|
X |
X |
X |
| Bootstrap Update Time |
|
|
X |
X |
X |
| Bootstrap Completion Time |
|
|
X |
X |
X |
| Average Bootstrap Completion Time |
|
|
X |
X |
X |
| Number of announced ESGs |
|
|
X |
X |
X |
| ESG Bootstrap Plausibility Check |
|
|
X |
X |
X |
| Monitoring ESG Containers - IPDC/CBMS and OMA BCAST standards (also mixed), incl. RAW, GZIP and BiM encoded ESGs |
| Feature |
Comment |
DVB-T |
DVB-H |
SNMP |
GUI |
| Global State ESG |
considering all ESGs inside the broadcast |
|
X |
X |
X |
| Global State ESG Entries |
for all ESGs inside the broadcast simultaneously |
|
X |
X |
X |
| Permanent, continuous monitoring of all ESGs |
by regular automatic re-start of ESG analysis,
thereby nevertheless detecting also all ESG updates |
|
X |
X |
X |
| Support of bootstrap-less ESGs |
for all ESGs inside the broadcast simultaneously |
|
X |
X |
X |
| ESG Entry Update Time |
for all ESGs inside the broadcast simultaneously |
|
X |
X |
X |
| ESG Entry Completion Time |
for all ESGs inside the broadcast simultaneously |
|
X |
X |
X |
| ESG Entry Update Cycle Time |
for all ESGs inside the broadcast simultaneously |
|
X |
X |
X |
| Average ESG Entry Completion Time |
for all ESGs inside the broadcast simultaneously |
|
X |
X |
X |
| ESG Entry Plausibility Check |
for all ESGs inside the broadcast simultaneously |
|
X |
X |
X |
| XML Schema Check |
possible for all XMLs in all ESGs inside the broadcast |
|
X |
|
X |
| Exclude ESG entries from monitoring |
e.g. in case there is an erroneous ESG entry which shall not cause a permanent ESG error, thereby further monitoring all other ESG's |
|
X |
X |
X |
| Monitoring Audio/Video Layer |
| Feature |
Comment |
DVB-T |
DVB-H |
SNMP |
GUI |
| Video Freeze |
exactly for each service,
support of ISMAcryp encrypted content |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Exclude Video Freeze's from monitoring |
e.g. in case there is a freezed video service which shall not cause a permanent video freeze error, thereby further monitoring freeze of all other video's |
X |
X |
X |
|
| Audio Freeze |
exactly for each service,
support of ISMAcryp encrypted content |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Exclude Audio Freeze's from monitoring |
e.g. in case there is a freezed audio service which shall not cause a permanent audio freeze error, thereby further monitoring freeze of all other audio's |
X |
X |
X |
|
| Audio Silence |
exactly for each service,
support of ISMAcryp encrypted content |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Exclude Audio Silence's from monitoring |
e.g. in case there is a silent audio service which shall not cause a permanent audio silent error, thereby further monitoring silence of all other audio's |
X |
X |
X |
|
| Video/Audio Signal Loss |
exactly for each service,
support of ISMAcryp encrypted content |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Exclude A/V Signal Losses from monitoring |
e.g. in case there is a signal loss for a service which shall not cause a permanent A/V signal loss error, thereby further monitoring A/V Signal Loss of all other services |
X |
X |
X |
|
| Transcoding of video/audio services |
number of transcodings not limited,
support for several resolutions,
for very low bandwidth use also support for transcoding into still images and streaming of images |
X |
X |
|
X |
| Streaming of transcoded video/audio services via IP |
number of streams not limited |
X |
X |
|
X |
| Playback of video/audio services within a monitor wall |
number of video tiles not limited |
X |
X |
|
X |
| Playback of transcoded video/audio services within a monitor wall |
number of video tiles not limited |
X |
X |
|
X |
| Monitoring Conditional Access Layer optional |
| Feature |
Comment |
DVB-T |
DVB-H |
SNMP |
GUI |
| individual interface to the used CAS |
CAS provider support required for CAS specific interface to receive the LTKs |
|
X |
|
X |
| realtime STKM analysis |
OMA BCAST DRM and OMA BCAST SCP
STKMs supported |
|
X |
|
X |
| STKM authentication |
|
|
X |
|
X |
| TEK calculation |
|
|
X |
|
X |
| TEK usage for ISMAcryp descrambling |
|
|
X |
|
X |
| Monitoring of status of dvbSAM monitoring applications |
| Feature |
Comment |
DVB-T |
DVB-H |
SNMP |
GUI |
| SAMcorder |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
| SAMager Agent |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
| SAMesg |
|
|
X |
X |
X |
| SAMbuddy |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
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