Rasterizers

Rx Series

Built for broadcast confidence.

Advanced Rasterizers for 2K/3G/HD/SD Signal Generation, Analysis & Monitoring

Faster fault diagnosis, ultra-flexible monitoring

3x the choice
Based on the award-winning Sx portable test & measurement range, the rackmounted Rx series of rasterizers delivers advanced 2K/3G/HD/SD signal
generation, analysis and monitoring for faster compliance testing and fault diagnosis of both video and audio signals.

Up to 16 Simultaneous Instruments
Monitoring workflows are optimized with ultra-flexible, user-defined instrument display layouts. Up to 16 instruments can be presented simultaneously, at sizes ranging from full screen down to 1/16 screen. In multi-channel environments, channel identification is simplified with a dedicated window color per channel.

Rx Series

Key features

2 channel check QC 2

UP TO 99 CONFIGURABLE PRESETS

Monitoring configurations can be built to suit individual operators and key applications, with rapid recall of layout presets for fast turnaround of screen layouts eg. Video or Audio focus. Up to 99 presets are available to suit even the largest facility.

PHABRIX Rx Toolset - Frame Grab

VIDEO CAPTURE & REMOTE ACCESS

To speed fault finding, the Rx Series offers video and audio capture to help diagnose problems. The capture can be triggered automatically when faults are identified by the analyzer, according to user-defined criteria. Monitor and analyze video via a web browser from any location.

PHABRIX Rx Toolset - Eye

FOUR CHANNEL EYE & JITTER ANALYSIS

Advanced diagnostic tools include up to four simultaneous Real-Time Eye™ and Jitter physical layer analysis instruments plus closed caption, loudness and Dolby® monitoring. This makes the Rx Series ideal for OB trucks, broadcast facilities and video technology manufacturers.

PHABRIX Rx Toolset - AV Delay

AV DELAY GENERATION AND ANALYSIS

AV Delay measures the audio-video delay through a broadcast workflow. Features include; a realtime update of the differential delay between the video and up to 8 audio channel pairs, plus support for EBU Tech 3305 and LAWO V_line AV Sync test patterns.

Waveform

EXTENSIVE VIDEO TOOLSET

With simultaneous signal generation and analysis, the Rx toolset includes a multi-format waveform, vectorscope and video display, plus an ANC toolset offers ANC, Misc, Video and Board status. Data view and VANC/ANC inspector are available as optional toolsets.

Audio Metering

MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO ANALYSIS

The Rx Series offers metering of up to 16 embedded audio channels as well as bitstream generation and analysis of Dolby DE, DD, DD+ and decoding of metadata for Dolby DE, DD and DD+. Loudness and downstream monitoring are also included.

Toolsets

ANC Toolset

ANC Status screen

ANC Status

  • Simple grid layout for rapid visual checking of VANC/ANC ancillary data packets
  • Color-coded Packet display: Present, Absent or Fault
  • User-definable selections with DID or SDID codes
ANC Inspector screen

ANC Inspector

  • Order Code: PHRXO-DATA
  • Ancillary data packet analyzer
  • User-definable DID/SDID search editor
  • Cursor links to data view, picture and waveform tools
  • Freeze and freeze on trigger function
SDI Data View screen

SDI Data View

  • Order Code: PHRXO-DATA
  • Allows analysis of complex faults particularly useful in an R&D environment
  • Detailed view of the SDI stream
  • Grid, stream views & color coding to help identification
  • Linked to waveform, picture and ANC inspector cursors
Misc. Status screen

Misc. Status

  • Detected input video format and SDI framer re-sync indicator
  • Signalled input video format – ST 352 Payload ID
  • Auxiliary data location/presence indicators
Video Status screen

Video Status

  • Reporting of CRC, ANC errors and run time
  • Switch line handling
  • EDH handling (SD)
  • Active picture CRC
  • Cable length indication, 6 Cable types
Board Status screen

Board Status

  • Display of the current status of hardware modules
  • Indication of fitted board options
  • Indication of fitted SFP
  • Check of system temperature, fan status and board supply voltage

Video Toolset

Picture Display screen

Picture Display

  • Scaling from 1/16, 1/4, 9/16, full screen
  • Cursors linked to waveform and data view
  • Action and title safe areas
  • On screen configurable source ident
  • Zoom, 4:3, 16:9
Waveform Monitor screen

Waveform Monitor

  • Configurable H and V graticules
  • Overlay, Parade, Single line, H & V Mag, brightness, persistence and monochrome controls
  • Time and amplitude measurement cursors
  • Cursor linked to picture and data view
  • A wide selection of YCbCr and GBR parade modes
Vectorscope screen

Vectorscope

  • 12-bit processing
  • x1 to x10 magnification
  • 75% and 100% targets
  • I, Q Axis
Auxiliary Data - Decode screen

Auxiliary Data - Decode

  • ANC time code configurable display
  • Closed captions: WST/OP42/OP47, CEA-608 (in 708), CEA-708
  • AFD/WSS/VI
  • VChip
Input Timing screen

Input Timing

  • Visual indication and measurement of video input timing with respect to reference
  • Line and pixel offset controls to configure measurement
Multi-frame Grab screen

Multi-frame Grab

  • Full stream capture and looped playback of single or multiple frames of video, embedded audio and ANC
  • Export and import of grabbed files
  • Manual or auto trigger controls
  • Trigger on errors in ANC, CRC and EDH
AV Delay Generator screen

AV Delay Generator

  • Adapted EBU Tech 3305 AV sync and operational test pattern to support SD and HD formats
  • Compatible with third party AV delay analyzers e.g.:LAWO V_pro8
  • Individual selection of audio pair
  • Up to 16 channel audio insertion
AV Delay Analysis screen

AV Delay Analysis

  • Order Code: PHRXO-AVD
  • Support for Adapted EBU Tech 3305 AV sync and operational test pattern
  • Support for LAWO V_line AV Sync test pattern
  • Realtime update of measured AV delay
  • +/- 400ms operating range

Requires optional PHRXO-AVD licence code

Gamut Meters screen

Gamut Meters

  • 6-bar check with YCbCr sources and 3-bar check with RGB sources
  • Intuitive real-time display
  • Picture window zebra out of gamut display
  • [Only available with A and AG modules]

Fault Finding & Logging

Screen Capture screen

Screen Capture

  • Useful for test documentation and reporting
  • Capture of HDMI screen output to BMP
  • Rx 2000 capture of right hand front panel LCD screen to BMP
Logging screen

Logging

  • Record of detected events for video, audio, AES, Dolby, ANC and eye/Jitter
  • Video Events include: input status, EDH/CRC, TRS and CRC errors
  • Audio Events include clip, quiet and mute with level and time thresholds
  • Dolby Status includes Dolby DE CRC errors and frame timing outside the ‘ideal range’
  • Master level control
  • Phase inversion per channel
Event Log screen

Event Log

  • Record of the activation of user-configured triggers
  • Trigger event time and date stamp
  • User-selectable date stamp mark
  • Network Time Protocol (NTP) linked realtime clock

Audio Toolset

Audio Metering screen

Audio Metering

  • Metering of up to 16 embedded audio channels
  • Metering Ballistics: PPM-I, PPM-II, Vu, Vu-Fr, Fast
  • Scales: dBFS, BBC, BBCM, DIN, Nordic
  • Adjustable peak hold times from 0.1s to Inf
  • Audio pair phase meters
  • Detection of Dolby DE, DD, DD+ and metering of decoded audio
Loudness Monitoring screen

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
  • GPI enable of Loudness Monitoring
Downmix Monitoring screen

Downmix Monitoring

  • 5.1 Surround sound to 2.0 Stereo downmixing
  • User control of routing and soloing of PCM channels onto the downmix bus
  • Downmix bus is independently routable to speaker/headphone and rear panel/HDMI outputs
  • LoRo Downmix available from Dolby DD, DD+ decoder outputs
Surround Channel screen

Surround Channel

  • Two 5.1 configuration presets
  • User control of channel order routing
  • Control of the mapping of 5.1 surround channels to PCM group, pair and channels
Lissajous Display screen

Lissajous Display

  • 2D display of phase relationship between the selected audio pair
  • Selection of input PCM or decoded Dolby audio
  • AGC or manual scaling
Audio Status screen

Audio Status

  • 16 channel indication of audio type and presence with detection of Dolby DE, DD and DD+
  • Decode of channel status information for each audio channel
Dolby Generator screen

Dolby Generator

  • Order Code: PHRXO-BDG
  • Generation of Dolby DE, DD and DD+ bitstreams
  • User control of Dolby DE channel config, 16/20 bit, program metadata and frame position at video frame rate
  • Control of Dolby DD and DD+ channel config and bit rates
  • Choice of audio ramp or fixed tone levels
Dolby Metadata screen

Dolby Metadata

  • Order Code: PHRXO-DOLBY
  • Decoding of metadata for Dolby DE, DD and DD+
  • Indication of Dolby DE line position – absolute or wrt ideal line
  • Indication of CRC errors
  • Dolby DD and DD+ Pa spacing and data rate
Dolby Decode screen

Dolby Decode

  • Order Code: PHRXO-DOLBY
  • Two independent decoders
  • Decode of Dolby DE, DD and DD+
  • Creation of LoRo from Dolby DD and DD+ for DownMix monitoring
  • Dolby DE program selection for DownMix monitoring

Control Toolset

Remote Browser screen

Remote Browser

  • View and control the 1920 x 1080 instrument display over a TCP/IP interface with a standard browser
  • Ideal for remote location checking, engineering support, and fault analysis before deploying engineers
Front Panel Simulation screen

Front Panel Simulation

  • Rx2000 also provides a front panel simulator for remote operation via a web browser
  • Allows access to key functions including frame capture, screen dumps, loudness files and logging files
Enhanced Remote Control screen

Enhanced Remote Control

  • Full control of unit via TCP/IP sockets
  • All visual controls have an associated command
  • Passive/slave connections

Eye & Jitter Toolset

Optional Toolset

SDI Eye Analysis screen

SDI Eye Analysis

  • RTE ™ (Real-Time Eye) technology for SMPTE compliance testing & trouble shooting
  • Dual jitter thermometers with selectable filters (10Hz, 100Hz, 1kHz, 10kHz, 100kHz)
  • Automatic amplitude, rise/fall time, under/overshoot and cable length measurements
  • Amplitude and time histograms
  • 1 to 10 eye display
  • User-selectable heatmap and persistence controls

Requires either AE or AGE Modules to be installed

SDI Jitter Analysis screen

SDI Jitter Analysis

  • Realtime SMPTE Jitter measurements down to 10Hz
  • 10Hz, 100Hz, 1KHz, 100KHz filters
  • 40ms or infinite persistence modes
  • H, 2H, V trigger and sweep control
  • 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1.0 UI/Div vertical gain

Requires either AE or AGE Modules to be installed

Generator Toolset

Optional Toolset

Video Generation screen

Video Generation

  • 2K/3G/HD/SD-SDI signal generation including pathological test patterns for SDI stress testing (40 patterns in total)
  • Moving test patterns including zone plate
  • Loading of user-defined test patterns
  • Ident, ST 352 payload ID and error generation

Requires either AG or AGE Modules to be installed

Audio Generation screen

Audio Generation

  • Generation of up to 16 channels of audio
  • Independent enabling of the 4 audio groups
  • Selection of fixed or user-definable tones or audio sources
  • Master level control
  • Phase inversion per channel

Requires either AG or AGE Modules to be installed

Generator Timing screen

Generator Timing

  • User control of the timing of the generator output wrt Reference
  • Line and pixel control

Specifications

Description

Description Rx 500 Rx 1000 Rx 2000
SD-SDI, HD-SDI as standard ● ● ●
Optional 3G-SDI (license) O O O
Dual 16:9, 24 bit, 4.3” TFT, 480 x 272 pixels N/A N/A ●
OLED display ● ● N/A
Front panel backlit navigation keypad ● ● ●
Front panel volume/gain control ● ● ●
Front panel headphone connector 6.3mm (1/4 inch) Stereo jack ● ● ●
Front panel USB 2.0 host port type A socket + 2 rear panel USB 2.0 ports ● ● ●
Internal loudspeaker Beeper Beeper 2x7W wide range
I/O Module slots (each supporting a range of audio/video modules) 2 4 4
Internal Dual Dolby® decoder module slot (option) 1 1 1
HDMI instrument output, 1920 x 1080, 4:4:4 RGB, Type A ● ● ●
SDI instrument output, 1920 x 1080, 4:2:2 YUV, BNC 75 Ohm ● ● ●
Basic SDI generator included as standard (replaces instrument output) ● ● ●
8 channel 48kHz PCM audio on HDMI and SDI Instrument outputs ● ● ●
Reference/VITC input, passive loop through, BNC 75 Ohm compensated ● ● ●
AES input AES 3-ID, SMPTE 276M-1995, 75 Ohm BNC ● ● ●
LTC input (via 26 pin high density ‘D’ Type socket) ● ● ●

Product

Product Rx 500 Rx 1000 Rx 2000
8x GPI I/O (via 26 pin high density ‘D’ Type socket) ● ● ●
Stereo analog audio output, (via 26 pin high density ‘D’ Type socket) ● ● ●
Calibrated stereo balanced analog audio output (option module) ● ● ●
Ethernet remote control via browser, RJ45 connector, 10/100Base-T ● ● ●
IP sockets based remote control as standard ● ● ●
FPGA firmware/software upgrade via Ethernet/USB ● ● ●
Viewing angle tilt mechanism N/A N/A ●
Desktop mounting kit ● ● N/A
19” Rack-mount kit 1U (opt) 1U (stnd) 2U (stnd)
10.5”/9.5” Rack-mount O N/A N/A
Whisper quiet temp controlled fan 1 x 40mm internal 2 x 40mm external 1 x 60mm external
Power consumption (variable on modules inserted) 24W typical 40W max 24W typical 70W max 27W typical 80W max
4 Pin XLR power connector, 12V nominal (9V-18V) ● ● ●
AC Power adaptor (incl), 90-264VAC, 120W ● ● ●
Dimensions (w x h x d) excl ears & projections 210x44x 170mm 440x44x 170mm 440x88x 150mm
Weight (chassis with CPU module and 1x AG option module fitted) 1.3kg 2.0kg 2.3kg
1 year manufacturers warranty ● ● ●

Ordering information

Choice of starter configurations (All include Closed Captions, Loudness Monitoring and Audio Meters)

Code Description
PHRX2000A Rx 2000 (2RU) with 1 x channel Analyzer module
PHRX2000AE Rx 2000 (2RU) with 1 x channel Analyzer module plus Eye/Jitter analysis
PHRX2000AG Rx 2000 (2RU) with 1 x channel Analyzer/ Generator module
PHRX2000AGE Rx 2000 (2RU) with 1 x channel Analyzer/ Generator module plus Eye/Jitter analysis
PHRX1000A Rx 1000 (1RU) with 1 x channel analyzer module
PHRX1000AE Rx 1000 (1RU) with 1 x channel Analyzer module plus Eye/Jitter analysis
PHRX1000AG Rx 1000 (1RU) with 1 x channel Analyzer/ Generator module
PHRX1000AGE Rx 1000 (1RU) with 1 x channel Analyzer/ Generator module plus Eye/Jitter analysis
PHRX500A Rx 500 (1/2RU) with 1 x channel Analyzer module
PHRX500AE Rx 500 (1/2 1RU) with 1 x channel Analyzer module plus Eye/Jitter analysis
PHRX500AG Rx 500 (1/2 1RU) with 1 x channel Analyzer/ Generator module
PHRX500AGE Rx 500 (1/2 1RU) with 1 x channel Analyzer/ Generator module plus Eye/Jitter analysis

Channel #2 / AES expansion module (Add up to 3 per Rx 2000 and Rx 1000, and add 1 per Rx 500)

Code Description
PHRXM-A 1 x Analyzer expansion module
PHRXM-AE 1 x Analyzer expansion module plus Eye/Jitter analysis (Only available on Rx 2000 & Rx 1000)
PHRXM-AG 1x Analyzer/Generator expansion module
PHRXM-AGE 1 x Analyzer/Generator expansion module plus Eye/Jitter analysis (Only available on Rx 2000 & Rx 1000)
PHRXM-4AES 4 x AES audio analyzer/generator with AES routing expansion module

Options

Code Description
PHRXO-3G 3G plus advanced formats (422/444, YUV/RGB, 10/12-bit) + 2K-SDI
PHRXM-DOLBY Dual Dolby® decode, bit stream metadata analyzer and framing indication for Dolby DE, DD and D+ (Includes PHRXO-BDA license)
PHRXO-BDA Dolby® Bitstream analyzer (1 license supports up to 4 input modules)
PHRXO-BDG Dolby® Bitstream generator (Requires generator or AES module)
PHRXO-DATA SDI data view/ANC packet analyzer
PHRXO-AVD AV Delay Analysis

Accessories

Code Description
PHRXM-ANA Analog audio line level output converter
PHSFP-RT30-1310 SFP optical transceiver 3G/HD/SD-SDI – Tx 1310nm, Rx 1260-1620nm
PHSFP-2R30 SFP optical dual receiver 3G/HD/SD-SDI – Rx 1260nm-1620nm
PHSFP-RT30-1550 SFP optical transceiver 3G/HD/SD-SDI – 50km, Tx 1550nm, Rx 1260-1620nm
PHRXK1 19” rack mount fitting kit for 1 x Rx 500
PHRXK2 19” rack mount fitting kit for 2 x Rx 500
PHRXK3 9.5″ rack mount fitting kit for 1x Rx500 unit
PHRXK5 Desktop Kit with adjustable feet and handles

Warranty

Code Description
PHRX-3YEAR 3 Year Warranty*
PHRX-5YEAR 5 Year Warranty*

*One year warranty included as standard

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