Physical Chassis

• 1 RU chassis with support for up to 48 DRFI-compliant QAM channels, up to three removable and hot-swappable QAM modules per chassis (two block upconverted RF ports per QAM module)

QAM Modules

• Available in 2×4 configuration (up to four QAM channels per port), 2×8 configuration (up to eight QAM channels per port), and a QAM module software upgrade to field-convert a 2×4 module to a 2×8 module

Power Consumption

• Extremely low power consumption

GigE Interface

• Four GigE interfaces (SFP slots) with support for IGMPv3 and transport stream redundancy

Power Supplies

• Supports up to two, dual hot-swappable, redundant load-sharing power supplies (system can operate with either one or two); supports two AC, two DC or one AC and one DC

Encryption and Conditional Access

• Supports full MediaCipher® encryption and conditional access as well as CTE for VOD scrambling in both MediaCipher and SCTE-52 modes (no license fees)
• Software upgradeable to CSA and AES encryption; capable of supporting third-party encryption through DVB Simulcrypt

SDV and VOD Standards

• Supports the RTSP, RPC, and MHA specifications

M-CMTS Standards

• Software upgradeable to support the M-CMTS interfaces, including DTI, DEPI and ERMI

Full Video EQAM Feature Set

• De-jittering of CBR and VBR input streams
• Receive either MPTS or SPTS
• Transmit MPTS
• Support for MPEG remultiplexing, PID remapping, PSI generation, and PSI monitoring
• Software upgradeable to support PSIP fixing and SCTE-18 EAS
• Supports SNMP for configuration, control, alarms, and traps