Introduction; About The Probe; Probe - Overview - BridgeTech VB20 User Manual

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 About the Probe

1.1.1 Probe - Overview

The VB-2 series of probes consists of the VB220 rack-mount IP probe and the VB20
portable IP probe. The VB220 can be bundled with a range of interface modules for
monitoring of signals as found in cable (QAM), satellite (DVB-S/S2) and terrestrial
(DVB-T/T2/8VSB). The feature set and capabilities of the VB220 and the VB20 are
otherwise idendical.
The VB-2 series of probes enables full confidence monitoring of one Ethernet input
(electrical or optical) in addition to optional contents check of one electrical ASI
transport stream input. It provides detailed IP-packet monitoring of up to 260 IP
multicasts.
The OTT software option is available on VB220 and VB20 and enables monitoring of
up to 50 adaptive bitrate channels in steps of 10 depending on license
activated.Supported streaming formats include Apple(tm) HSL, Adobe(tm) HDS and
Microsoft(tm) SmoothStream.
The ETR 290 software option performs extended ETSI TR 101 290 analysis, enabling
detailed transport stream monitoring, including verification of PSI/SI and bitrate
monitoring for individual services and service components.
A built-in web server in the probe allows remote signal monitoring using a standard
web-browser. Management may take place either via a separate Ethernet network, or
using the regular video/data network – both IPv4 and IPv6 are supported on the
management interface.
The probe can also be managed via the VideoBridge Controller (VBC) - a centralised
server management solution. The VBC adds management features like alarm
aggregation and report functionality as well as centralised access and user roles.
The VB220 is a module housed in a 1 RU chassis. Three probe modules may be
PROBE USERS' MANUAL VERSION 5.0
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