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News Release from: Pixelmetrix Corp | Subject: DVStation, iStudio
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 23 October 2003
SES Astra Chooses Integrated Network
Solution
The seamless integration of Pixelmetrix's monitoring solution, DVStation, and Barco's high quality control room display, iStudio, provides unparalleled information on overall broadcast quality.
The seamless integration of Pixelmetrix's award-winning monitoring solution, DVStation, and Barco's high quality control room display, iStudio, provides unparalleled information on overall broadcast quality and won the approval of SES Astra SES Astra, Europe's leading direct-to-home satellite system, demonstrated full satisfaction with Pixelmetrix by choosing Pixelmetrix again
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 28 May 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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TV broadcast forensics solution exhibited
At ANGA Cable 2007, stand K18, Pixelmetrix DVB-S2 for the DVStation family module and DVStation-IP3 for IP cable backbone monitoring will be on view.
End-to-end IPTV test and monitoring system
Pixelmetrix has introduced EndGame which monitors digital television and IPTV networks from downlink to the core network and all the way to the set top box.
The DVStations currently installed in their Digital Network Operation Centre are in charge of continuously and automatically monitoring the signal transmission quality of all the downlink signals from the entire ASTRA fleet of thirteen satellites.
The system, internally called Astra D-AAS III (Digital Automatic Analysis System, Generation 3), consists of multiple DVStations fitted with multiple QPSK analyzer cards and a comprehensive remote control software system developed in-house.
Their confidence and trust in Pixelmetrix's solutions is shown again by appointing Barco and Pixelmetrix to provide an integrated monitoring system.
Further reading
Quality management solution for IPTV
Pixelmetrix has introduced EndGame, the quality management solution for IPTV, which the company believes to be the first truly End-To-End IPTV quality of service monitoring solution.
Optimum system performance for digital television
Pixelmetrix will exhibit devices designed to help IPTV, terrestrial, satellite and cable television deliver optimum system performance and service.
DVB-H analyser with display of time-slicing
Pixelmetrix has added the DVB-H analyser, with graphical display of time-slicing information, to its test and monitoring platform, the Pixelmetrix DVStationTM.
Barco's iStudio is currently the most advanced display solution for managed monitoring.
It consists of a high-quality display with rear-screen projection, the Hydra graphic controllers, and Web-based operating software.
DVStation, Pixelmetrix's flagship product, is an award-winning multi-port, multi-layer system.
It is a unique system that, through a set of plug-in modules and a powerful processing architecture, can simultaneously monitor the global health of a network.
The combination of Barco's iStudio and Pixelmetrix's DVStation provides customers with flexible, scalable and high-performance solutions critical to the rapid and fast-moving digital environment.
At SES Astra, Barco installed the OverView cDR67-DL displays in a 7 by 2 configuration controlled by 14 Hydra Compact graphic controllers enabling them to display over 250 sources in its control room.
The iStudio software acts as a single point of control and includes advanced warning capabilities.
Pixelmetrix's DVStation monitoring functionality with real-time fault detection and alerts was integrated with iStudio.
This allows problems and alarms detected by the DVStation to be collected and displayed on a single monitor wall.
In addition, with a single click on the iStudio GUI, operators can access DVStation information on their workstation to interact with the information displayed on the display wall.
For SES Astra's operators, this means significantly higher value and higher performance thanks to advanced interactivity and real-time visualization.
The integrated network-based solution enhances SES Astra's control center operational efficiency because it provides a large overview display of both satellite communication content and alerts detected by DVStation, allowing collaborative actions across multiple operators.
Both Barco and Pixelmetrix, experts in their respective fields, bring to the table an unmatchable strength.
This strong collaboration will provide an impressive solution for the digital broadcast market, bringing network monitoring into a new realm.
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