ETSI TR 101 290 Data Sheet The ETR 101 290 functionality is included as standard on the VB12/VB120 and available as an option on the VB20/VB220.
Full analysis is performed on Ethernet, ASI, QAM and COFDM signals according to the industry standard ETR 101 290 specification. Bridge Technologies has added many new checks to the analysis engine which complement and extend the ETR 101 290 specification. The Bridge Technologies implementation provides operators with unparalleled input signal visibility.
The probes can detect and trigger alarms for many of the common errors that would normally go unnoticed by conventional monitoring systems. A sample of some of the additional checks cover the Conditional Access system; RF measurements for QAM and COFDM inputs; extended tests for most of the PSI/SI tables such as verification of important descriptors as well as comparison of the NIT across different frequencies.
The MicroETR technology presents transport stream measurements in one easy to comprehend GUI. The operator can easily click on the stream containing errors and drill down to find the cause of the problem. The probe displays full measurements and details for all checks, not just the alarms themselves. A powerful template system allows alarm settings and thresholds to be reused for ETR, PID, service and RF alarms.
Tables and descriptors can be analysed visually for PSI, SI and PSIP. Minimum, maximum and current bitrate measurements are available for both PIDs and services and for either textual or graphical presentation.
Alarms are available both as SNMP traps and as XML documents. All errors are mapped to PIDs and services so that the NMS system is notified as to which services are affected.
