The IPQC is a highly integrated 1RU video edge QAM that can multiplex and scramble IP video signals and convert them to QAM/DVB-C channels for use in CATV systems, such as the Pico Digital CONDOR.
The unit features a flexible design and can be configured in a number of ways to suit specific end applications. For a DVB-C/QAM/CONDOR CATV system, the IPQC can take 36 programs from single program transport streams (SPTS) or multiple program transport stream (MPTS) via the Gigabit Ethernet port and combine them with external DVB-SI streams to create a full DVB-C-compliant network with up to 12 QAM channels of either Annex A or Annex B. Each of these services can be scrambled using the DVB-CSA through the standard SymulCrypt interface with a conditional access server.
The high-quality QAM output of the edge QAM is organized into three independent blocks of four contiguous channels, which can be placed anywhere in the extended CATV range of 50 to 1002MHz.
- Input
- Two Gigabit Ethernet ports and one 10/100 management interface
- Up to 36 programs from either single program MPEG-TS streams (SPTS) or multiple program MPEG-TS streams (MPTS)
- Support for both multicast and unicast IP streams
Processing
Automatic MPEG-PCR re-generation for all SPTS
PID re-mapping for conflict avoidance
TSID/program number configuration for PAT/PMT generation
Bypass for external DVB-SI stream inclusion (takes one service per QAM channel)
Password-protected simple Web interface for easy configuration and monitoring
Front-panel IP configuration and fault reporting for easy configuration and maintenance
Supports DHCP for automatic IP address acquisition
Supports DVB-SDT [actual] local generation when there is no external DVB-SI streamer
Outputs
12 high-quality QAM channels in Annex A/B (ITU-A, ITU-B)
Three independently tunable blocks of four contiguous QAM channels
50 MHz to 1002 MHz frequency range
6 MHz or 8 MHz channel size
