Portable RF analysis and monitoring
Additional ASI Transport-Stream input
No power supply or batteries required
Description
FEATURES
- Portable, easy-to-use unit for RF analysis and monitoring of terrestrial (DVB-T2/T, ISDB-T) and cable (DVB-C2/C) signals
- Tunes to UHF/VHF or cable channels in the 42 to 1002MHz range
- Extra DVB-ASI input for real-time analysis of baseband Transport Streams
- Supports DVB-T2 lite
- Capture TS signals directly to file on a laptop PC for easy field recording
- Ruggedized portable unit that requires no additional power supply or batteries, the unit operates entirely from a USB-2 connection
- Sensitive front-end allowing reception of RF signals from -30 to +50dBmV
- Combine the DTU-238 with RFXpert software for a powerful RF measurement tool than can be used in the field or in the lab
- Combine the DTU-238 with StreamXpert software for real-time Transport Stream analysis,
- Channel plans for world-wide regions
DTU-238 Applications
- Network monitoring, using this universal receiver, of DVB-T2, DVB-C2 or ISDB-T networks
- As a test-receiver for DVB-T2, DVB-C2 or ISDB-T
- Re-multiplexing of DVB-C, DVB-T, DVB-C2, DVB-T2 or ISDB-t streams with MuxXpert
RFXpert MEASUREMENTS
- RF Level, MER, EVM
- BER : Pre/Post FEC, SER (Severe Errored), Errored Seconds
- Constellation and Eye Diagram
- Channel, Adjacent and Full Spectrum
Specifications
RF Input
Connector 75-Ω “F” female
Frequency range VHF, UHF: 45 .. 1002MHz
Bandwidth 1.7/5/6/7/8MHz
Level measurement -30 .. +50dBmV
MER range 15 .. 38dB
ASI input
Connector 75-Ω BNC
Standard EN50083-9
Bit rate .. 100Mbit/s
Modulation Standards DVB-C, DVB-C2, DVB-T, DVB-T2, ISDB-T
Dimensions in mm (LxWxH) 180x107x36
Weight < 500g
Ordering Info
All USA order will be shipped from our USA warehouse.
All other orders will be shipped from Canada.
DTU-238 – DVB-T2/T/C, ISDB-T and ASI Probe
DTU-238-RX – DVB-T2/T/C, ISDB-T and ASI Probe with RFXpert software
DTU-238-SX – DVB-T2/T/C, ISDB-T and ASI Probe with StreamXpert software
DTU-238-RSX – DVB-T2/T/C, ISDB-T and ASI Probe with RFXpert and StreamXpert
Software Description
- StreamXpert – Transport Stream Analyser Software
• Real-time analysis, monitoring and recording of MPEG-2 transport streams
• Recording based on duration, size or manual
• Provides detailed statistics on the PIDs, services and tables found in the transport stream
• Displays PIDs, services, tables, descriptors, stream information and PID-grid (compact overview of all PIDs)
• User definable TR 101 290 templates
• PCR analysis
• Measurement of bitrates, PCR-accuracy and interval
• Integrated SD/HD video and audio decoder with support for MPEG-2, AVC/H.264, HEVC/H.265, AVS, 4:2:2 and 10 bit video streams and MP1 / MP2 / (HE-)AAC / Dolby AC3 / Dolby AC4 audio
• Deep decoding of PSI, DVB-SI, DVB-RCS and ATSC-PSIP tables and descriptors
• Closed captions decoding
• SI decoding with user templates, Dolby AC4 analysis, multi-monitor support
• Support for analysing TS-over-IP streams via a DTA-2160 / DTA-2162 or a local network port
• The world’s most cost-effective and user-friendly transport-stream analyser
2. RFXpert – RF Monitoring and Analysis Software
- Real-time analysis and monitoring of modulated digital TV signals using DTU-235 (for DVB-T) or DTU-236 (for 8-VSB and QAM-A/B/C) RF probe
- Main window displays overview of current RF status, monitor status and RF level and MER histograms
- Master alarm indicators for a quick check of signal integrity
- Alarm logging with configurable pass/warn/fail thresholds
- Client-server architecture: RFXpert can connect to the RF probe over a network
- Supports creation of a channel plan for easy tuning; Standard channel plans and auto-channel search are provided
- Run RFXpert and StreamXpert for parallel RF and transport-stream analysis
