ABE Elettronica
5.1.5 Technical data
MPEG-2 ENCODER
VIDEO INPUTS
Video input format:
Composite video input:
Digital video input
Video Encoding
Standard:
Bit rate:
Supported resolutions:
Picture encoding type:
Gop structure:
AUDIO INPUTS AND ENCODING
Audio inputs formats:
Analogue audio inputs:
Sampling frequency:
Encoding standard:
Bit rate:
Stream And Interface
Stream type:
System multiplexing:
System bit rate:
Other Specifications
Pre-settings:
Teletext / closed captioning data:
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Equipment’s description
Analogue: Composite PAL, SECAM, NTSC,
Y-C (S - video)
SDI (Serial Digital Interface with embedded
or separate AES/EBU audio)
1Vp-p / 75Ω / BNC female
SDI 75Ω / BNC female
ISO / IEC 13818-2 MP@ML (MPEG-2 4:2:0)
Up to 15Mb/s
Full D1, Half D1, SIF, QSIF
I, P, B
IIIIIIIII, IPPPPPPPP,
IBIPBPBPB, IBBPBBPBB
Analog: Two (mono, stereo, dual, joint
stereo)
SDI (Serial Digital Interface with embedded
audio or with AES/EBU audio input)
0dBu (adjustable) / 600Ω balanced
32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz
ISO / IEC 11172-3 (MPEG-1 audio)
layer 2- compliant
Max. 384Kb/s
Parallel Transport stream (SPI-LVTTL)
ISO / IEC 13818-1 (MPEG-2) - PAT and
PMT tables (SDT, NIT and teletext tables
may be added)
Up to 50 Mb/s
N°8 Factory preset + N°8 User configurable
(by software, via RS232 port)
Extraction from analogue video input
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MPEG-4 ENCODER
VIDEO INPUTS
Digital: SDI / HD-SDI with embedded or
separate AES - EBU audio;
Video input format
Analog: (Standard Definition only)
composite PAL / SECAM / NTSC
Digital video input SDI / HD-SDI - 75Ω / BNC socket
Composite video input 1Vp-p / 75Ω / BNC socket

VIDEO ENCODING
ISO/IEC 14496-10 (H.264/AVC) Main Profile
Standard
Level 3.0 and High Profile Level 4.0
Bit rate From less than 2Mbit/s up to 24Mbit/s
1920 x 1080 60i/50i/24p
1440 x 1080 60i/50i/24p
Supported resolutions 1280 x 720 60p/50p/24p
720 x 480 60i
720 x 576 50i
Down scaler Embedded
Picture encoding type I,P,B
According to settings (resolution, bit rate
Minimum latency
etc.) – around 500mS

AUDIO INPUTS AND ENCODING

Analog: Two channels (one pair) - mono,
stereo, dual, joint stereo
Audio input format
Digital: SDI/HD-SDI with embedded audio
or with AES/EBU audio input
Analogue audio inputs 0dBu (adjustable) / 600Ω balanced
Sampling frequency 32KHz, 44.1KHz, 48KHz
ISO / IEC11172-3 (MPEG-1 audio) layer 2 -
Encoding standard
compliant
Bit rate Max. 384 Kb/s

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OUTPUT STREAM AND INTERFACES

Parallel Transport Stream (SPI-LVTTL)
Stream type and output interface
Option: ASI with additional board
ISO / IEC 13818-1 (MPEG2 TS) – PAT,
System multiplexing PMT tables
SDT, NIT and teletext tables may be added.
System bit rate Up to 50 Mb/s

OTHER SPECIFICATIONS
8 Factory presets
Pre-settings
8 User configurable
Teletext
Extraction from analogue video input
Closed Captioning data
Custom settings by software via RS-232 port

MULTIPLEXER
MULTIPLEXING
Reference standard: EN 300468
Inputs: Up to 5 DVB - SPI (LVDS levels)
Output: DVB - SPI (LVDS levels)
Tables: Insertion / modification of NIT, SDT, TDT,
EIT
PID filtering: Up to 128 PIDs per each input Transport
Stream
MHP support: Association to programs
Settings: Full control via RS232 port with specific
management software (PC based
Windows® 2000, Windows® XP compatible)
Teletext / closed captioning data: Optional insertion in the transport stream
Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

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QPSK MODULATOR
DIGITAL MODULATOR
Modulation scheme: QPSK (ETS 300 421 DVB-S or DVB-S2)
option: QPSK, 8PSK, 16QAM (EN 301 210
DVB-DSNG) – CW mode selectable
IF output: -70MHz ±18MHz tunable (100KHz step)
-75Ω unbalanced - “BNC” female
-IRL>20dB in 50 to 90MHz band
-Level -20 to 0dBm with 0.1dB step size

“L” Band output frequency: -950 to 1900 MHz in 100kHz steps

“L” Band local oscillator side band @10Hz offset: -65dBc/Hz
phase noise (typ. value):
Frequency reference clock:
Input digital interface:
(option: frequencies up to 2700MHz)
(option: smaller synthesizer steps)
-50Ω N female
-Level 0dBm (adj. range: -10 to +5dBm)
@1kHz offset: -84dBc/Hz
@100KHz offset: -95dBc/Hz
@1MHz offset: -118dBc/Hz
internal: 10MHz (stability ±5x10-7) available
also for UC reference
(option: higher stability or ext. reference)
DVB - ASI (BNC female)

Bit rate: Up to 48.382Mb/s

Symbol rate:
Baseband shaping (roll-off):
Required IF bandwidth (@ -3DB):
(according to Symbol Rate and Code Rate)
settings)
Variable, 2,5 to 30 MS/s
35%
option: 25% for DVB-DSNG
20% for DVB-S2
According to Symbol Rate:
Bandwidth (in MHz) is approx. 130% of the
Symbol Rate (in MS/s)

FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION (FEC) ENCODING

Inner code: (DVB/S, QPSK): Convolutional, ½, 2/3, ¾,
5/6, 7/8
LDPC
(DVB/S2, QPSK): ½, 3/5, 2/3, ¾, 4/5, 5/6,
8/9, 9/10
(DVB/S2, 8PSK): 3/5, 2/3, ¾, 5/6, 8/9, 9/10
Code rate: 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8 selectable
Outer code: DVB/S - Reed Solomon (204, 188, T=8)
DVB/S2 - BCH
Interleaving: Convolutional, I=12
Data scrambling: Per ETS 300 421 - EN 301 210

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16 QAM MODULATOR
DIGITAL MODULATOR
Modulation scheme:
IF output frequency:
Input digital interface:
Output level:
Output impedance and connector:
Bit rate:
Symbol rate:
Baseband shaping (roll-off):
IF / RF bandwidth:
16 QAM (EN 300 429 - DVB-C)
70MHz (option: Frequencies up to
2700MHz)
DVB - ASI (BNC female)
0dBm (Typ. adjustment range: -10 to
+5dBm)
75Ω BNC female (option: 50Ω)
Up to 25.8Mb/s (according to Symbol Rate
settings - standard
setting: 22.1Mb/s)
Up to 7MS/s (standard setting: 6MS/s)
(option: up to 7MS/s with synthesized / fixed
- special frequency
or external clock)
15%
According to Symbol Rate: Bandwidth (in
MHz) is approx.
115% of the Symbol Rate (in MS/s)

FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION (FEC) ENCODING

Coder: Reed Solomon (204, 188, T=8)
Interleaving: Convolutional, I=12
Data scrambling: Per EN 300 429

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