MTM400A MPEG Transport Stream Monitor Technical Reference
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RUI Overview
The MTM400A monitor is a single-stream, extended-confidence, MPEG-2
protocol, monitoring device. It is used to monitor a single transport stream in
MPEG-2, DVB, ISDB and ATSC environments. The MTM400A monitor is
designed to be operated in a standard equipment rack.
The basic MTM400A monitor provides confidence monitoring by making key
measurements and comparing them with preset parameters; inconsistencies can
be reported as varying levels of error. Integrated flexibility allows the software to
be upgraded with diagnostic capabilities and to supply detailed information to
enable fault identification and analysis. Unencrypted MPEG-2 video content can
be monitored using the thumbnail feature.
The user interface is accessed through a Remote User Interface (RUI). The RUI
allows the status of the MTM400A monitor to be determined from anywhere in
the world and provides remote control of the measurements and configuration to
the administrator. The RUI is accessed through Microsoft Internet Explorer
(Version 6 SP 1 minimum).
The user interface can also be accessed by the Web Monitoring Systems Manager
(WebMSM). The WebMSM is a Java application that is installed on any personal
computer. The installation, configuration, and operation of the WebMSM are
described in the WebMSM User Manual (Tektronix part number 071-1239-xx).
NOTE. The WebMSM application is no longer available from Tektronix. However,
if you have a copy of WebMSM, you can download a software update from the
Tektronix Web site to enable the product to operate with the MTM400A monitor
user interface.
The RUI and the WebMSM communicate with the MTM400A monitor through
the open standard S imple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Hypertext
Transfer Protocol (HTTP).
ASI (Asynchronous Serial Interface) and SMPTE 310M (Society of Motion
Picture and Television Engineers, 19.392 Mbps only) interfaces are provided as
standard. QAM Annexes A, B, and C, (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation),
COFDM (Coded Orthoganal F requency Division Modulation), QPSK (Quadra-
ture Phase Shift Keying) (L-Band), 8PSK (Eight level Phase Shift Keying) and
8VSB (Eight level Vestigial Side Band), and Gigabit Ethernet interfaces are
available as options.