Addressing the needs of professional broadcast media IP networks in a compact form factor
The QxL inherits all the JT-NM Tested features of the Qx with a common look and feel across both platforms. Out of the box, this 10G/25G IP enabled rasterizer supports JT-NM TR 1001-1:2018, 2110-20 (video), 2110-30 (PCM audio), 2110-31 (AES transport), and 2110-40 ANC media flows all with 2022-7 Seamless IP Protection Switching (SIPS), and independent PTP slaves on both media ports for fully-redundant media network operation.
KEY FEATURES
SUITE OF IP MONITORING TOOLS
IP media interfaces are provided as standard in the QxL, inheriting all the JT-NM Tested features of the Qx. This 10G/25G IP enabled rasterizer supports JT-NM TR 1001-1:2018, 2110-20 (video), 2110-30 (PCM audio), 2110-31 (AES transport), and 2110-40 ANC media flows all with 2022-7 Seamless IP Protection Switching (SIPS), and independent PTP slaves on both media ports for fully-redundant media network operation.
ST 2110 ANALYSIS FEATURE SET
A suite of operator level IP flow health and PTP monitoring is provided with warnings and alarms. For detailed analysis and debug, the new IP-MEAS toolset provides advanced engineering-grade information including four 2022-7 Packet Interval Time (PIT) displays, media port network statistics, real time measurements of Flow to PTP relationships and latency plus real-time measures of 2110-21 Cinst and Vrx.
12G-SDI PHYSICAL LAYER & STRESS
The QxL offers a 12G/6G/3G/HD-SDI physical layer analysis option, including Real-Time Eye technology to instantly highlight any SMPTE compliance issues including eye amplitude, transition times and overshoot. The SDI-STRESS toolset provides both Shorth Mean/Mode, with a histogram overlay and exploration of eye amplitude. PRBS generation and analysis of PRBS-7, 9, 15, 23, 31 allows for deterministic measurement of link Bit Error Rates.
AUDIO AND VIDEO GENERATION
Generate and analyze a set of SDI/IP formats. Moving test patterns offer up to 32 channels of embedded audio per link or subfield (up to 128 channels on 12G interfaces). The toolset provides core full screen SDI Pathological SDI stress patterns as well as allowing the user to define a combination of SDI stress and conventional generator patterns up to full frame.
DATA VIEW AND ANC INSPECTOR
A sophisticated engineering grade analysis toolset provides easily accessible visualization of the data on an SDI interface and associated ANC packets. A deep SDI data inspection offers full freedom to inspect Active Picture, VANC and HANC. API controls to read back Active Picture Data under automation control are also included.
PRESETS, VNC AND GUI SCREENSHOTS
The QxL interface employs VNC technology to deliver 16 simultaneous instrument windows over a remote network . Multiple display layouts can be saved as presets. This allows users to save bespoke layouts for different operational tasks; useful for rapidly changing between different screen layouts eg. Audio, HDR or IP focus.
USER-DEFINED INSTRUMENT LAYOUT
Out of the box, the Qxl offers media analysis for broadcast operator HD/3G environments, with a flexible user-defined instrument layout displaying up to 16 simultaneous windows, and the ability to rapidly change between bespoke layouts for different operational tasks with user presets.
ANALYSIS AND MONITORING TOOLSET
Picture view, waveform, vectorscope, 32 channel audio metering, detection of Dolby formats, ANC status and payload, on screen display of OP47 and CEA-608 in 708 closed captions and Ancillary Time Code (ATC), and advanced control and logging are all provided as standard.
HDR VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS
The QxL’s advanced HDR toolset includes a signal generator, CIE chart, Luma false color heat map/highlighting, waveform monitor and vectorscope. All the main live production SDR/HDR formats are supported: SDR BT.709, BT.2020, plus HDR BT.2100 HLG, PQ and Sony S-Log3 and SR Live. An extensive set of test patterns include BT.2111 HDR color bars for HLG, PQ and SR Live as well as SDR 709 patterns.
TOOLSETS
ST 2110 and ST 2022-6 Monitoring
SFP IP Network
- Reporting of presence of SFPs, SFP MAC and IP addresses (flow source IP address), and interface status
- Tx and Rx packet counters for indication of traffic activity
- User configuration of SFP IP Addresses, Masks and Gateway Addresses
SFP Information
- SFP status information for monitoring the physical network connection
- Indication of SFP vendor and laser characteristics
- RX and TX power for debug of fibre connectivity
- Optical link length indicator
IP Recieve
- Reporting of the IP Flows available to the receiver and user selection of the required flows
- Indication of Qx locked status, Protocol, Src and Dst IP and Port Numbers, SSRC, Packet Counts, Sequence, payload and CRC errors
- Configuration of Multicast Destination IP addresses and subsequent Multicast Join requests
2110: 2 Port PTP
- Control of PTP domain and communication mode (multicast, hybrid w/o negotiation)
- Indication of lock status
- Grandmaster information including master ID and time source
- Indication of estimated frequency and phase lock offsets
- Indication of one step or two step traffic
- 2 independent PTP slaves*
2110: 2022-7 Status
- Indication of the health of ST 2022-7 seamless protection
- Warning of ST 2022-7 flow-pair mis-match
- Warnings of errors on flows and errors on reconstructed output and error rates/second
- Relative measure of Path Differential of flows on SFPB (Blue Network) relative to SFPA (Amber Network)
- Class A, B,C, D markers
2110: IP Flow Latency
- Indication of media latency
- Relative timing of audio and ANC flows wrt video
- Indication of relationship of underlying media to PTP
- External analog reference timing wrt PTP
2110: NMOS and SDP
- AMWA IS-04 V1.1, 1.2, 1.3
- AMWA IS-05 V1.0.2, 1.1
- Unicast DNS-SD and mDNS
- Single or dual NMOS end points
- Display of SDP records for all flows with key parameters highlighted for improved visualization
LLDP
- Identify port and device to which the Qx is connected
- Restrict information communicated over LLDP for IT security purposes
2110: Format Setup
- User-configurable allocation of ST 2110 packet IDs
- User-configurable video format parameters for ST 2110-20 flows
- User-configurable audio format parameters for ST 2110-30 flows includes packet time and channel count
- Automatic detection of audio format,channel count and packet time
Standard Toolset
Analyzer: Waveform
- YCbCr, YGBR and GBR parade modes
- Cursor linked to Picture and Data View
- Single line mode linked to Picture Cursor
- Configurable H and V Graticules
- User markers
- Overlay*, Stacked*, Parade, Single line, H & V Mag, Brightness, Persistence and Monochrome controls
- 12-bit processing
Analyzer: Vectorscope
- 75% and 100% Targets for ITU-R Rec. 709, Rec. 2020 and HDR formats
- User targets linked to Waveform
- 0.5x to 4x Mag, center on chosen target
- Single line mode linked to Picture Cursor
- Tooltip display of Cb, Cr and Hue Angle
- IQ axis on/off
- 12-bit processing
Picture Display
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- Cursors linked to Waveform and Data View
- Action, graphics and user-definable custom safe areas
- 1/16, 1/4 or full size display
Auxiliary Data Decode
- Closed Captions OP47, CEA-608 in 708
- Primary Closed Caption decode picture windows
- ANC Timecode with OSD
- V-chip and AFD
- SCTE 104 indicator
Analyzer: Picture Copy
- Secondary closed caption decode: Monitor 608/708 closed captions in a second language, or compare different screen safe areas
- Independently manage overlay elements including; Closed Captions, Picture Safe Areas, V-chip, AFD, SCTE 104, Image Center Crosshairs
Analyzer: Audio Meters
- 32 channel audio metering, embedded/AES
- Metering Ballistics: PPM-I, PPM-II, Vu, Vu-Fr
- Scales: dBFS, dBu -18, dBu -20, BBC, DIN45406, NordicN9
- Adjustable peak hold times: Off, 0.1 s to Inf
- Audio pair phase meters, numerical level
- Detection of Dolby DE, DD, DD+, DE line pos
- Stereo/mono audio preview bus
Audio Status
- 32 channel indication of audio type and presence, PCM, Dolby DE, DD, DD+
- Decoded channel status information for up to 128 channels
- Clear indication of useful audio parameters including CRCC, PCM/data, sample frequency, word length
- Channel Status data view (Hex)
Loudness Monitoring
- EBU R128 and ITU-R BT.1770
- Indicators for true peak, range, momentary, short term and integrated loudness
- User control of integrated, momentary and short term targets
- User-adjustable true peak alarm threshold
- Loudness logging stored automatically
Analyzer: ANC Status
- SMPTE ST 291 VANC/HANC ancillary data presence/status window
- Grid View – clear visual overview, present/ absent/fault indication
- List View – ANC present list with location and status information for Checksum, Parity, DBN
- Link to ANC Inspector
- Tool tip provides ST 291 ANC type overview
Event Logger
- SDI Input standard/status
- SDI physical layer timing and alignment jitter
- Rest API requests
- IP-Tx, IP-Rx, Flow and SFP records
- Reference Locking
- Audio input presence
REST API
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- The Qx can be controlled remotely over a network via a REST API
- Integrated control, monitoring and automated manufacturer testing
VNC
- Interface employs VNC technology to deliver 16 simultaneous scalable instrument windows over a remote network
I/O and Reference Configuration
SDI Video Timing & System Reference
- Measurement of the timing of inputs against reference
- Indication of reference status and stability
- Indication of the relative co-timing of input SDI channels
- Graphical and numeric display
- Qx, QxL-01, QxL-01E Only
System IO
- Shows the status of signal inputs and outputs, external reference, cable length, and connector details
- SDI mode: Select BNC or SFP I/O, cable type, loop through and generator copy outputs
- IP mode: Active IP SFP receive inputs and transmit outputs are indicated
- Qx, QxL-01, QxL-01E Only
AES IO Config
- 4 versatile bi-directional AES unbalanced interfaces
- Audio meter monitoring pair, or generator audio outputs or an AES input
- SDI Input to AES Output audio conversion for both PCM and Dolby encoded audio
- AES Input signals can be routed to other AES outputs providing a single loop output or up to 3 copy outputs
Analyzer: Vid. Standard
- Display of detected SMPTE S352 Payload ID for each SDI Link and Subframe
- Manual over-ride of S352 ID
- Selection of SMPTE video format
- Indication of S352 errors
- Qx, QxL-01, QxL-01E Only
CRC Analysis
- Check for CRC errors on Y, C and ANC
- Reporting of the number of SDI input failures, the last failure time, total analysis time and error rates
- Detect active picture changes and view the active picture CRC to observe any changes in the expected active picture CRC value
- SDI switch line CRC masking control, for SMPTE RP168 compliance checking
Stats - SDI In
- Cable length indication
- Indication of data rate and clock divisor
- Reporting of active and total pixel and line counts
- Y and C payload ID
12G-SDI Physical Layer Analysis
[Optional Toolset]
SDI Eye Analysis
- Real-Time Eye (RTE) for testing SMPTE compliance with indication of DC offset
- Automatic measurements of: DC level, amplitude, rise and fall time, rise/fall overshoot, visual rise time indication
- Amplitude and time histograms
- Single or multiple eyes with choice of color, heat-map overlay and infinite persistance
- Timing and Alignment jitter thermometers
SDI Jitter Analysis
- Realtime SMPTE jitter measurements down to 10Hz
- 10Hz, 100Hz, 1kHz, 10kHz, 100kHz filters
- H, 2H, F, V Trigger
- Infinite persistence modes
- +/- 0.25 to +/- 64 UI vertical scale adjustment
- Jitter amplitude histogram
Audio and Video Generation
[Optional Toolset]
Video Generation
- 12G/6G/3G/1.5G 4K/UHD and 2K/HD SDI signal generation
- Support for Single, Dual and Quad link SDI formats. Square division and 2SI, Level A and B
- Moving test patterns
- 422, 444, 4224 and 4444, YCbCr and RGB formats, 10/12 bit
- Import and display of TIFF images
Audio Generation
- 32 channel audio generation, 128 channel embedder
- Choice of fixed tones or chromatc scale – to help with channel identification
- Choice of fixed or ramp levels – to help with channel identification
- Custom config of number of active audio groups and channels
- Master gain control
Pathological Generation
- Conventional SDI pathological stress patterns, Eq, PLL and CheckField
- New proposed SMPTE combined pathological stress pattern: Eq + PLL + Color Bars + Clock
- Define a percentage combination of SMPTE or SDI pathological and conventional patterns up to full frame
SDI-Stress Testing
[Optional Toolset]
Adv. Generator Tools
- Generation of PRBS-7, 9, 15, 23, 31
- SDI scrambler and sync bit Insertion on/off
- Control of SDI driver amplitude +/-15%
- Control of jitter insertion frequency, amplitude and type
- Control of pre-emphasis, rise/fall time
PRBS Analyzer
- Indication of PRBS cumulative received data and PRBS type
- Reported cumulative errors
- Calculated Bit Error Rate (BER)
Pathological Detector
- Generator status indication of rate at which the video pattern generator is creating SDI pathological conditions
- Indication of PLL and EQ pathological rates/ second
- Detection on each active SDI link
- Realtime GPI outputs of pathological detect for external equipment triggering
IP Network Traffic Measurement
[Optional Toolset]
Inter-packet Timing
- Stream health reporting using histogram to visualize the distribution of inter-packet arrival times
- Simultaneous reporting of ST 2022-7 primary and secondary flow
- Packet counts (log or linear scales) mapped against arrival times (μs)
- Easy diagnosis of congestion with max, mean and min inter-packet arrival times
ST 2110-21
- ST 2110-21 measurement of Network Compatibility Model (Cinst) and Virtual Receiver Buffer Model (VRX)
- User control of VRX buffer read-schedule timing
- User control of Cinst buffer drain rate
- PCAP export of kernal traffic*
2110: Adv. Media Timing
- First Packet Time (video timing)
- RTP offset
- Buffer margin
- Advanced, latency measurements
- Measured number of RTP packets and RTPclock rate per second
- Measured RTP clocks per packet per second
Packet Interval Profile Generator
[Optional Toolset]
2022-6: IP Transmit
- Configuration of Transmission flow addresses, port numbers and SSRC
- Inter-packet jitter onto outgoing flow
- Gaussian or uniform distribution
- Flow control on/off
High Dynamic Range (HDR) visualization & analysis
[Optional Toolset]
False Color Highlighting
- Programmable ‘Heat Map’ to highlight luminance zones providing quick identification of shadows, skin or mid-tones or specular highlights
- 7 simultaneous programmable color overlay bands
- Presets for HDR and SDR ranges plus user custom
Analyzer: CIE Chart
- CIE 1931 x,y display
- Single line mode linked to picture cursor
- Pan and zoom
- ITU-R BT. 709, BT. 2020 and ST 2086 gamut overlays
- Tooltip co-ordinate display
- Support for BT. 1886, BT. 2100 HLG and PQ, Sony S-Log3, SR Live
HDR Waveform
- Waveform HDR graticules with Nits (Cd/m2)
- BT. 2408 diffuse white markers
- Support for BT. 1886, BT. 2100 HLG and PQ, Sony S-Log3, SR Live
Data View Analyzer with ANC Inspector
[Optional Toolset]
Analyzer: Data View
- Allows analysis of complex faults
- Detailed view of data words in the SDI stream with tooltip hint
- Navigate function for rapid access to a required line, pixel or TRS word
- Color coding to help identification
- Cursor linked to Picture and Waveform
ANC Inspector
- Ancillary data packet analyzer
- Link from ANC Status window
- User-defined DID/SDID windowed search
- Trigger on error, single shot, continuous
- ANC packet capture with Hex view
- ANC packet decode view
SPECIFICATIONS
| Formats Supported | QxL 25G/12G |
| IP SMPTE 2110/2022-7 | ● |
| IP SMPTE 2022-6 | ● |
| 3G/1.5G-SDI HD Formats | FO |
| 12G/6G/3G/1.5G-SDI UHD Formats | FO |
| SDI Eye and Jitter Physical Layer Analysis | FO |
| UHD over 25G IP | O |
| Software Options Supported | |
| Audio/Video Generator (SDI, ST 2022-6, ST 2110) | O |
| Eye and Jitter Toolset | O |
| UHD/4K Upgrade | O |
| SDI-STRESS Testing Toolset | O |
| Data View Analyzer with ANC Inspector | O |
| HDR/WCG Support | O |
| IP ST 2022-6 Decap, ST 2110-20/30/31/40 Decap with ST 2022-7 and PTP | ● |
| IP Network Traffic Measurement Toolset (ST 2110) | O |
| IP Network Traffic Generation Tooslet (ST 2022-6) | O |
| Video Inputs/Outputs | |
| 4 x SDI inputs, HD/3G, 75 Ohm terminated BNC | FO |
| 2 x SFP+ MSA/NON-MSA cages (supports 12Gbps copper or fiber SDI interfaces) | FO |
| 4 x SDI outputs, HD/3G, 75 Ohm BNC | FO |
| Support for 6G/12G SDI I/O | FO |
| RTE™ Real-Time Eye input (12G/6G/3G/HD-SDI) x 1 (SDI input A) BNC | FO |
| Ethernet IP inputs/outputs (accepts generic SFPs) | |
| 2 x SFP+ 10G Cages (also supports MSA/NON-MSA 12Gbps copper or fiber SDI SFPs) | – |
| 2 x SFP28 10/25G cages | ● |
| 2 x QSFP28 10/25/40/50/100G cages (For Future Functionality) | O |
Key:
● Standard
O Optional
FO Factory Option
| Audio Inputs/Outputs | QxL 25G/12G |
| 4 x 75 Ohm AES selectable I/O (26 pin high density ‘D’ Type socket) | ● |
| 1 x Stereo analog audio output (26 pin high density ‘D’ Type socket) | ● |
| 8 channel 48kHz PCM audio on HDMI and SDI Instrument output | ● |
| User Interface | |
| HDMI instrument output, 1920 x 1080, 4:4:4 RGB, Type A | HDMI 2.0b SDR/HDR |
| SDI 3Gbit SDR/HDR instrument out, 1920 x 1080, 4:2:2 YCbCr | Micro BNC |
| ST 2110-20 SDR/HDR, ST 2110-30 instrument out, 1920 x 1080, 4:2:2 YCbCr | ● |
| Reference | |
| 2 x 75 Ohm BNC high impedance looping reference input, tri-level or B&B with cross lock | – |
| 1 x 75 Ohm Micro-BNC terminating ref input, Tri/B&B with cross lock | ● |
| Networking & Control | |
| 10/100/1000 BASE-T | ● |
| 8 x bi-directional GPI (26 pin high density ‘D’ Type socket) | ● |
| Monitoring | |
| Internal Beeper | ● |
| Form factor | |
| Size/Weight | 253 x 44 x 211 mm, 1.9kg |
| Electrical | |
| Power consumption | 100W typical, 120W max |
| 4 Pin XLR power connector | 12V nominal (10V-18V) |
| AC Power adapter | 90-264VAC, 120W |
| Warranty | |
| Warranty (1 year) | ● |
| Extended Warranty (3 – 5 years) | O |
ORDERING
| QxL Chassis (includes PHQXO-IP-STND) | |
| PHQXL | QxL 1U ½ rack HD/2K IP Rasterizer, Analyser only |
| PHQXL01-3G | QxL 1U ½ rack HD/2K IP/SDI Rasterizer, Analyser only |
| PHQXL01E-3G | QxL 1U ½ rack HD/2K IP/SDI Rasterizer with Eye & Jitter, Analyser only |
| PHQXLM-01 | SDI Mezzanine upgrade |
| PHQXLM-01E | SDI Mezzanine upgrade with eye/jitter (requires PHQXLM-01) |
| Qx SDI Software Options | |
| PHQXO-SDI-STRESS | Advanced SDI Stress Testing Toolset (requires PHQX01E-12G and PHQXO-GEN) |
| Qx SDI/IP Software Options | |
| PHQXO-GEN | Audio/Video Test Signal Generator – SDI, ST 2022-6, ST 2110* |
| PHQXO-UHD | UHD/4k payload license (includes HD/2K extended mode formats) |
| PHQXO-DATA | Data View Analyzer with ANC inspector (Included in new QxL purchases) |
| PHQXO-HDR | HDR/WCG support, CIE 1931 chart, HDR Heatmap |
| Qx IP Options | |
| PHQXO-IP-25G | 25G IP License |
| PHQXO-IP-MEAS | IP Network Traffic Measurement Toolset |
| PHQXO-IP-NGT | ST 2022-6 Packet Interval Profile Generator (requires PHQXO-GEN) |
| PHSFP-10GE-SR | 10GBASE-SR Ethernet short range SFP+ 850nm, 300m, multi-mode transceiver |
| PHSFP-10GE-LR | 10GBASE-LR Ethernet long range SFP+ 1310nm, 10km, single mode transceiver |
| PHSFP-25GE-SR | 25GBASE-SR Ethernet short range SFP28 |
| PHSFP-25GE-LR | 25GBASE-LR Ethernet long range SFP28 |
| Qx Fitting Kits & Cables | |
| PHQXC-1 | 12G-SDI Test Cable 1m |
| PHQXK1 | Qx 19” rack mount kit (1x QxL chassis) |
| PHQXK2 | Qx 19” rack mount kit (2x QxL chassis) |
| PHQXK3 | Qx Mounting kit – 9.5” rack (1x QxL chassis) |
| Qx Extended Warranty | |
| PHQX-3YEAR | 3 Year Warranty* |
| PHQX-5YEAR | 5 Year Warranty* |
* One year warranty included as standard