Tektronix has unveiled an industry-first hybrid SDI/IP media analysis platform, Prism, that enables a smooth transition from SDI-based to IP-based infrastructure.
The broadcast industry is at the beginning of a revolutionary migration to an all-IP infrastructure. However, huge investments in existing technology and workflows mean that this transition will take place in phases, creating a need for test and monitoring solutions that can provide visibility into new kinds of problems and then keep things consistent for engineers and operators as they manage hybrid facilities.
Prism promises to address this need with its unique ability to diagnose and correlate both SDI and IP signal types and help quickly identify the root cause of the error, whether it is in the IP layer or in the content layer.
The new Tektronix Prism platform bridges the gap between SDI and IP worlds with unique ability to correlate SDI and IP media signals.
Prism offers input signals identification that can quickly identify the IP streams in the Ethernet link and the content in each of the streams. Various intuitive displays help shorten the learning curve of users.
Specifically, Prism provides packet interval histogram and trend graphs that help determine the root cause of packet loss. Graphical displays coupled with historical data help solve intermittent problems quickly.