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CHAPTER 22 HARDWARE COMPONENTS
16-Slot Chassis
Each chassis can hold up to 16 blades. The chassis comes equipped with two hot-swappable power supplies, a
power supply filler plate and a cellular modem for communication back to DISH.
8-Channel Satellite Receiver Blade
Each satellite receiver blade provides eight channels of satellite TV service via eight discrete tuners. Each blade
has either two ProCAM 1.0s with two SmartCards or a single ProCAM 2.0 with an embedded chip and that are
authorized in the same manner as a residential DISH receiver.
8-Channel Satellite Receiver Blade with Transcoder Module
Each transcoder module is a daughter card that comes pre-mounted on a satellite receiver blade. If there is
a transcoder module on one satellite receiver blade in a system, they must all have transcoder modules. The
transcoder module can be used to convert video content from Native to MPEG-2 for applications that have TVs that
support MPEG-2 video format but not Native.
8-Channel ATSC Receiver Blade
Each ATSC receiver blade provides up to eight SPTS from up to eight channels of digital, over-the-air (OTA) TV
service for use in QAM or IP outputs.
QAM 16 Blade
Each 16-carrier QAM blade outputs digital audio/video signals for distribution via standard CATV (5-1000 MHz)
coax infrastructure. A maximum of 64 bulk MPEG-4 HD channels are supported. DRM encoding may be added as
needed.
QAM 48 Blade
Each 48-carrier QAM blade outputs digital audio/video signals for distribution via standard CATV (5-1000 MHz)
coax infrastructure. A maximum of 96 bulk MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 HD channels are supported. DRM encoding may be
added as needed.
QAM 96 Blade
Each 96-carrier QAM blade outputs digital audio/video signals for distribution of DISH QAM via standard CATV (5-
1000 MHz) coax infrastructure. Format is QAM256, not QAM1024. DRM Digital Upgrade must be used for this blade.
24-Channel Analog NTSC TV Blade
Each 24-channel analog NTSC blade supports analog output of audio/video signals that can be used with all analog
capable TVs. A maximum of 72 channels per chassis with 24 channels per blade is supported.
Power Supply
Each power supply is hot-swappable once unplugged. Two power supplies are included with each chassis
—the power supplies are load balancing. An additional slot is available for additional redundancy or high-power
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installations.
Chassis Spare Fan Assembly
A spare fan assembly used to replace the original chassis fan in case one fails.
Single Blade Filler Plates
Single blade filler plates are provided to cover unused slots in the
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chassis; filler plates facilitate air-flow
through the chassis to help prevent over-heating. All slots need to contain either a blade or a filler plate.
Power Supply Filler Plate
One power supply filler plate is included with each chassis. The power supply filler plate is used to cover an unused
power supply slot in the chassis.
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