GigaCasterII

High Density TS over IP Gateway

ENENSYS GigaCasterII is a bidirectional TS over IP gateway that provides a versatile, dense, and reliable solution for delivering digital TV content over IP.

Highlights

Dense TS over IP Gateway

GigaCaster II is a high density TS over IP gateway that can carry up to 8 MPEG-2 Transport Streams (MPEG-2 TS) in ASI to IP direction or in IP to ASI direction. Each MPEG-2 TS can include either MPEG-2, MPEG-4 (H.264), HEVC (H.265) video content in SD, HD or UHD format.

IP jitter & Packet Loss Management

The GigaCaster II is the most efficient TSoIP Gateway to cope with all IP network drawbacks: removing IP network jittering, recovering IP packet loss using FEC ProMPEG CoP#3, substituting bursty packet loss with NULL packets while maintaining an accurate and constant output bit rate and re-ordering IP datagrams.

Unit and Streams Redundancy Schemes

When broadcasting over Single Frequency Network, the GigaCaster II implements a patented technology that guarantees a reliable SFN broadcasting with or without external 10MHz reference. It offers various redundancy mechanisms at unit level (DistriGuard) and stream level (Dual IP) to ensure a safe IP delivery.

Versatile and Multi-Standard Gateway

The Gigacaster II can be set up as an ASI to IP or IP to ASI converter.
Supporting ATSC, DVB, and ISDB-T standards, it can be deployed in multiple broadcast environments where it is required to connect legacy equipment to IP networks.

Applications

  • Studio/Head-end interconnection
  • Primary or secondary distribution
  • Point-to-point video delivery
  • DVB-T/DVB-T2 distribution to transmitters
  • Reliably connect legacy ASI devices to IP networks

Other Benefits

  • Up to 8 TSoIP streams managed
  • Unicast, Multi-Unicast and Multicast support
  • Bidirectional ASI or IP delivery in the same unit
  • 1+1 unit redundancy with DistriGuard
  • 1+1 stream redundancy with Dual IP option

Technical specifications

Inputs/Outputs

Control

2x Gigabit Ethernet (RJ45) for GUI/SNMP

GPS

1x 10 Mhz input for accurate bit rate

ASI

MPEG-2 Transport Stream over ASI
Up to 8 bidirectional DVB-ASI (BNC)
Up to 100 Mb/s per TS
Up to 400 Mb/s over all TS with FEC

IP

MPEG-2 Transport Stream over IP
2x Gigabit Ethernet (RJ 45)
2x Optional SFP port
600 Mb/s maximum throughput
RTP or UDP datagrams

Featuring

IP Encapsulation

DVB-IPI - SMPTE 2022 compliant
From 1 to 7 TS packets/IP packet

IP Management

Unicast, Multi-Unicast and Multicast
VLANs Management
IGMP v2/V3 support

Packet Loss Recovery

Packet loss correction based on:
- FEC Pro MPEG CoP#3
- RTP recovery for bursty loss

Jitter Removal

Configurable buffer (10 - 900ms) to absorb network jittering

Single Frequency Network

Accurate bit rate adaptation with or without 10MHz external input

Redundancy

1+1 unit redundancy in ASI > IP
1+1 streams redundancy - (DualIP option)

Monitoring

ETR290 Prioity1 Monitoring on ASI ports
Network Jittering
Packet loss/recovered/out-of-sequence/reordered
Real-time bit rate input

Control and Supervision

Easy-to-use web based GUI
In-band control possible
Full SNMP v2 support

Physical

Height

44 mm / 1.7 in.

Width

444 mm / 17.48 in.

Depth

274 mm / 10.79 in.

Format

1 RU, width 19 in.

Front Panel

LCD display for control & monitoring

Power Supply

100-240 V AC/48 V DC (option)

Power consumption

20 W

GigaCasterII Typical Use Cases

Ordering codes

GigaCasterII-ASI4

GigaCasterII shipped with 4 ASI ports and 4 activated DVB-ASI I/O

GigaCasterII-ASI8

GigaCasterII shipped with 8 ASI ports and 8 activated DVB-ASI I/O

Options

NN6-SFP (Hardware option)

Dual SFP slot option. SFP module not provided - Hardware option

NN6-In220V-Redundant (Hardware option)

110/220V Redundant power supply option - Hardware option

NN6-In48V (Hardware option)

48V DC input voltage instead of 110V/220V - Hardware option

NN6-In48V-Redundant (Hardware option)

48V Redundant power supply option - Hardware option

DualIP

Redundancy of IP streams option

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