Qx
Advanced Rasterizers for Hybrid IP/SDI, 4K/UHD, HDR/WCG Generation, Analysis & Monitoring VIEW BROCHURELIVE DEMORapid fault diagnostics, compliance monitoring and product development
The Qx brings together all the advanced Test & Measurement tools required for transitioning to the next generation of video formats. Designed for HD/3G/6G/12-SDI and IP ST 2110/2022-7/2022-6 environments, the instrument set includes tools for rapid fault diagnosis, compliance monitoring and product development.
The Qx rasterizer offers SDI and IP toolsets as standard. Core media analysis tools for broadcast operator HD-SDI environments include picture view, waveform analyzer, vectorscope, 32 channel audio metering and ANC status. The core IP toolset supports payloads on native 10G SFP+ interfaces using generic IP SFPs, giving full access to be able to monitor and measure the IP traffic to SMPTE standards.
KEY FEATURES
USER-DEFINED INSTRUMENT LAYOUT
Out of the box, the Qx offers media analysis for broadcast operator 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.
HD-SDI ANALYSIS AND MONITORING
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.
12G-SDI PHYSICAL LAYER & SDI-STRESS
The Qx offers a 12G/6G/3G/HD-SDI physical layer analysis option, including RTE™ (Real-Time Eye) technology to instantly highlight any SMPTE compliance issues including eye amplitude, transition times and overshoot. A suite of tools are available for users evaluating SDI interfaces.
SUITE OF IP MONITORING TOOLS
The Qx’s ST 2110 core IP toolset provides an operator with 2110 confidence status monitoring in an intuitive and accessible manner. The toolset supports simultaneous decap of 1 video, 2 audio and 1 ANC Data flow supported SMPTE protocols include ST 2059 (PTP), ST 2110-20, -30, -31 and -40. ST 2022-7 seamless protection (SIPS) is provided for all four flows over two media network interfaces using industry standard SFPs.
ST 2110 ANALYSIS FEATURE SET
Advanced Qx ST 2110 measurement tools include the provision of up to four simultaneous dual Packet Interval Timing measurement windows, detailed data reporting of flow packet, clock rates and PTP timing relationship, as well as IP Receive statistics that includes the measurements of the ST 2110-21 Network Compatibility model (Cinst) and Virtual Receiver Buffer Model (VRX).
ADVANCED HDR ANALYSIS
The Qx’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.
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 Qx 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.
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TOOLSETS
Standard Toolset
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 window
- ANC Timecode with OSD
- Date, V-chip, AFD and Input name
- SCTE 104 indication and logging
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: 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
- Custom 'user markers' linked to Waveform
- Centre on target or custom user markers
- 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
Analyzer: Audio Meters
- 2 meter windows can be opened, each monitoring a block of up to 16 channels at a time, for a total of up to 32 channels of audio metering
- 2110 audio group display across up to 4 flows
- Ballistics: PPM-I, PPM-II, Vu, Vu-Fr, Fast
- Scales: dBFS, dBu -18, dBu -20, BBC, DIN45406, NordicN9
- Adjustable peak hold times: Off, 0.1 s to Inf
- Audio pair correlation meters, numerical level
- Detection of Dolby E, ED2, 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
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
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
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
ST 2110 and ST 2022-6 Monitoring
[Included as Standard]
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
IP Receive
- 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 followers
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: 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
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
- User-definable time measurement cursors
SDI Jitter Analysis
- Realtime SMPTE jitter measurements down to 10Hz
- 10Hz, 100Hz, 1kHz, 10kHz, 100kHz filters
- H, 2H, F, V Trigger
- Persistence control 'none' to 'infinite'
- Infinite persistence modes
- +/- 0.25 to +/- 64 UI vertical scale adjustment
- Jitter amplitude histogram
Audio and Video Generation
[Optional Toolset]
SDI Video Generation
- 12G/6G/3G/1.5G 4K/UHD and 2K/HD SDI signal generation
- Support for Single, Dual, Quad link SDI formats. Square division, 2SI, Level A & B
- 422, 444, 4224 and 4444, YCbCr and RGB formats, 10/12 bit
- Moving test patterns (bouncing box)
- Import/display TIFF Images
SDI Audio Generation
- Choice of fixed tones or chromatc scale – tohelp 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
- ST 2022-6: 32 channel audio generation can be replicated in all sub frames providing a total of up to 128 channels
SDI 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 Generator Status
- Confirms generated Video Standard and Test Pattern details
- BNC output, SFP output and sub image/full image mapping information
- Video Reference, output offset adjustment and Jitter Insertion (with optional SDI-STRESS Toolkit) details
- Reporting of SDI STRESS pathological insertion statistics
Analyzer - Video 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
SDI-Stress Testing
[Optional Toolset]
Adv. Eye Analysis
- User-adjustable Measurement Window
- Eye Time Cursors (Two)
- User-adjustable windowed histogram (blue)
- Eye Time Cursor Readings & Time Delta
- Automatic Measurement of Transition Times and Transition Time Delta
- Measurements in Blue Taken from User-adjustable Measurement Window
- Automatic Amplitude Measure with Mode or Short Mean
Adv. Generator Tools
- Control of jitter insertion frequency and amplitude
- SDI scrambler and sync bit Insertion on/of
- SDI Bit Error (BER) insertion tool
- Control of SDI driver amplitude +/-15%
- Control of pre-emphasis, rise/fall time
PRBS Analyzer
- Indication of PRBS cumulative received data and PRBS type
- Generation of PRBS-7, 9, 15, 23, 31
- 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
Advanced Media Timing - Video
- Time of First Received Packet of a Frame (video timing)
- Receiver Buffer Margin wrt TRO default
- Sender RTP offset
Advanced Media Timing - Media Latency
- Numerical display of Mean, Min and Max latency measurements
- Measured RTP clocks/s, Timestamps/s and RTP clocks/timestamp interval
- Numerical display of Video to Audio and ANC relative latency measurement
Analyzer - Video 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
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
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 | Qx 12G/10G |
| IP SMPTE 2110/2022-7 | ● |
| IP SMPTE 2022-6 | ● |
| 3G/1.5G-SDI HD Formats | ● |
| 12G/6G/3G/1.5G-SDI UHD Formats | O |
| SDI Eye and Jitter Physical Layer Analysis | FO |
| Software Options Supported | |
| Audio/Video Generator (SDI, ST 2022-6, ST 2110) | O |
| Eye and Jitter Toolset | O |
| UHD/4K Upgrade | SDI Option |
| SDI-STRESS Testing Toolset | O |
| Data View Analyzer with ANC Inspector | ● |
| 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 | ● |
| 2 x SFP+ MSA/NON-MSA cages (supports 12Gbps copper or fiber SDI interfaces) | ● |
| 4 x SDI outputs, HD/3G, 75 Ohm BNC | ● |
| Support for 6G/12G SDI I/O | O |
| 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 | – |
Key:
● Standard
O Optional
FO Factory Option
| Audio Inputs/Outputs | Qx 12G/10G |
| 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 1.4 |
| SDI 3Gbit SDR/HDR instrument out, 1920 x 1080, 4:2:2 YCbCr | 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 | 50W typical, 70W 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
| Qx Chassis (includes PHQXO-SDI-STND) | |
| PHQX01-3G | Qx 1U ½ rack HD/2K SDI Rasterizer – Analyzer HD/3G-SDI/10GbE (includes PHQXO-IP-STND, PHQXO-DATA) |
| PHQX01E-3G | Qx 1U ½ rack HD/2K SDI Rasterizer with Eye & Jitter – Analyzer HD/3G-SDI/10GbE (includes PHQXO-IP-STND, PHQXO-DATA) |
| PHQXM-01E | Qx 01E Eye mezzanine upgrade (PHQX01-3G or PHQX01-12G chassis – Return to factory upgrade) |
| PHQX2QXL | Requires PHQXO-IP-STND. Qx to QxL upgrade includes PHQXO-IP-25G license. Note: 25G Ethernet SFP28 modules are not included. (Availble until Dec 2021) |
| Qx SDI Software Options | |
| PHQXO-UHD | UHD/4K upgrade for PHQX01-3G or PHQX01E-3G |
| PHQXO-SDI-STRESS | Advanced SDI Stress Testing Toolset (requires PHQX01E-12G and PHQXO-GEN) |
| PHSFP-RT12-1310 | SFP+ optical SDI transceiver – 12G/6G/3G/HD-SDI Single mode LC (10km), Non-MSA, Tx 1310nm, Rx 1260-1620nm |
| Qx SDI/IP Software Options | |
| PHQXO-DOLBY | Dolby E Decoder plus Metadata Analyser – SDI/AES/2110/2022-6 sources, includes LtRt and LoRo downmix engine (Availble July 2021) |
| PHQXO-GEN | Audio/Video Generator (SDI, ST 2022-6) |
| PHQXO-HDR | HDR/WCG support, CIE 1931 chart, HDR Heatmap |
| Qx IP Options | |
| PHQXO-IP-STND | IP license for ST 2022-6, ST 2110 Decap with ST 2022-7 and PTP ((Requires Ethernet module (PHSFP-10GE-SR or PHSFP-10GE-LR)) – Included in new Qx purchases |
| PHQXO-IP-MEAS | IP Network Traffic Measurement Toolset (Requires PHQXO-IP-STND) |
| PHQXO-IP-NGT | ST 2022-6 Packet Interval Profile Generator (Requires PHQXO-IP-STND, 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 |
| Qx Fitting Kits | |
| PHQXC-1 | 12G-SDI Test Cable 1m |
| PHQXK1 | Qx 19” rack mount kit (1x Qx chassis) |
| PHQXK2 | Qx 19” rack mount kit (2x Qx chassis) |
| PHQXK3 | Qx Mounting kit – 9.5” rack (1x Qx chassis) |
| Qx Extended Warranty | |
| PHQX-3YEAR | 3 Year Warranty* |
| PHQX-5YEAR | 5 Year Warranty* |
* One year warranty included as standard