User manual TEKTRONIX VNM-EDGE DATASHEET

[. . . ] Digital Content Monitors Sentry Edge · VNM-EDGE Data Sheet Applications Monitor Linear Broadcast Programs Be Alerted to RF and TS Errors Generate Historical and Trending Reports Sentry EdgeTM provides critical monitoring at the edge of your network and offers specific reporting and alerting capabilities for services in the RF domain. Sentry Edge extends the visibility into Transport Stream quality by detecting Transport Stream and RF modulation errors at the edge of the network. Correlate reports and conduct comprehensive, cross-layer, root-cause analysis across locations. [. . . ] As a result, monitoring and auditing capabilities are critical to successful ad delivery. The Sentry suite of products provides the most complete digital ad insertion monitoring solution by combining real-time monitoring and alerting with historical auditing across the entire channel lineup in all advertising zones. The Sentry product line delivers extensive data that improves digital ad insertion on any platform, allowing engineering teams to ensure proper function of insertion technology by identifying and correcting system errors when they occur. In addition, the ad insertion verification capability allows ad sales groups to provide higher levels of customer service, resulting in greater revenue potential. Using the web-based interface you can monitor digital ad insertion across your entire network. By strategically placing Sentry or Sentry Verify in each of your ad zones, you can monitor and be alerted on all insertion opportunities network-wide, as well as issues that arise from problems. Carousels tru2way / OCAP/MHP / DSM-CC The OCAP Monitor is a tool for monitoring tru2wayTM/OCAP carousels. Digital set-top boxes receive continuous delivery of applications and data from the headend or uplink center. These data and applications are critical for normal set-top box function and service delivery. With the advent of tru2wayTM (OCAP) and other carousels, multichannel service providers are introducing a vast array of complex, interactive services to their subscriber base. Monitoring the carousel activity is essential to ensuring the quality and consistency of experience for subscribers. Sentry Edge supplies detailed reports of carousel performance and activity based on their real-time behavior and data output. Service providers are able to identify the root cause of errors and make necessary changes to eliminate issues and guarantee rapid application deployment. The reports show detailed source and file structures and carousel changes in real time while observing streaming metrics such as cycle time, bandwidth utilization, and stream packet continuity. Real-time alerting notifies users of critical situations, enabling them to resolve issues such as outages, cycle-time fluctuations, and unauthorized changes. www. tektronix. com 3 Data Sheet Monitoring EBIF/eTV. Monitoring Scientific-Atlanta Broadcast Files System. EBIF Monitoring Interactive applications and associated advertising allow you to deliver enhanced capabilities to your subscribers and is a way to monetize advanced digital services in a broad range of digital set-top boxes. eTV content consisting of the applications and metadata is, however, prone to errors during transport, rate-shaping, and muxing. [. . . ] Tektronix maintains a comprehensive, constantly expanding collection of application notes, technical briefs and other resources to help engineers working on the cutting edge of technology. Information in this publication supersedes that in all previously published material. All other trade names referenced are the service marks, trademarks, or registered trademarks of their respective companies. [. . . ]