Tektronix MTSA-HW, MTSA-PC User manual

MTSA-HW and MTSA-PC MPEG Test Systems

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MTSA-HW and MTSA-PC MPEG Test Systems

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Analyzer Applications

User Manual

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Table of Contents

Important safety information..................................................................................... xi

General safety summary ..................................................................................... xi

Service safety summary..................................................................................... xiii

Terms in this manual ........................................................................................ xiv

Symbols and terms on the product......................................................................... xiv

Preface .............................................................................................................. xv

Product documentation..................................................................................... xvii

TSCA - Getting started............................................................................................. 1

TSCA features.................................................................................................. 2

File Analysis and RealTime modes ......................................................................... 2

Technical background ......................................................................................... 3

User interface................................................................................................... 3

CaptureVu feature ............................................................................................. 5

Triggered recording............................................................................................ 5

Starting the TSCA software .................................................................................. 6

Interface card overview ...................................................................................... 15

Setting up the IP interface .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. ........................................... 17

Starting analysis............................................................................................... 23

Setting the stream content font .. . .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. .. ... .. .. .. . .. .. ........................................... 24

TSCA – Understanding the TSCA window .................................................................... 27

TSCA top level displays ..................................................................................... 28

TSCA window components ................................................................................. 29

Error status LEDs............................................................................................. 33

Context menus ................................................................................................ 34

TSCA – Using the Program view................................................................................ 35

Program navigation - transport stream node............................................................... 37

Program navigation - program nodes....................................................................... 43

Program navigation - elementary stream node ............................................................ 45

TSCA – Using the Testsview.................................................................................... 48

Tests navigation - all tests.................................................................................... 52

Test navigation - test nodes.................................................................................. 53

Test navigation - PID nodes ................................................................................. 54

TSCA – Using the Tables view .................................................................................. 55

Table summary pane.......................................................................................... 56

Tables detail view - Section view ........................................................................... 57

Tables detail view - SI repetition graphs . .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. . ........................................ 59

Export SI/PSI as XML ....................................................................................... 59

TSCA – Using the PID view ..................................................................................... 60

PID view - all PIDs........................................................................................... 61

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PID view - detail view (PIDs)............................................................................... 63

TSCA – Using the Packets view................................................................................. 65

Packet navigation bar......................................................................................... 66

Packet navigation - ﬁlter nodes.............................................................................. 67

Packet Detail view............................................................................................ 68

TSCA – Using the Interface view................................................................................ 70

Detail view tabs............................................................................................... 71

Readings and controls........................................................................................ 71

SDR RFinterface views ..................................................................................... 72

TSCA – Common user interface concepts...................................................................... 78

Windows management ....................................................................................... 79

Icons............................................................................................................ 80

Graph management........................................................................................... 83

Timing graphs................................................................................................. 89

Bit rate graphs................................................................................................. 92

PIT graph ...................................................................................................... 92

RTP Loss distribution graph................................................................................. 93

Thumbnail views.............................................................................................. 95

Parameter edit................................................................................................. 97

Event log....................................................................................................... 99

Bit rates ...................................................................................................... 103

EPG view .................................................................................................... 108

MPE views .................................................................................................. 112

CaptureVu feature .......................................................................................... 113

Triggered recording......................................................................................... 116

Menu bar and options ...................................................................................... 121

Conﬁguration................................................................................................ 122

Script ﬁles ................................................................................................... 128

TSCA – Task examples......................................................................................... 133

Which tests have failed in an analyzed stream .......................................................... 134

How many PIDs are there in a stream? How many PIDs are referenced? How many are

unreferenced?........................................................................................... 136

What tests have been applied to a program PID? ....................................................... 137

Establish the stream typeofa PID........................................................................ 138

How many programs are there in the Stream?........................................................... 139

What are the contents of the Programs? And what Pids are they on? . .. .. .. . .. ...................... 140

What isthe bit rate ofeachPID in a program?.......................................................... 141

What is the latest version number of the Program Association Table (PAT) in the SI?............. 144

Examine a transport packet................................................................................ 145

l view (All PID and PID Group)......................................................... 62

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TSCA – SI/PSI no

PES Analyzer – Getting started .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. ... .. .. ........................................... 153

Starting the program........................................................................................ 154

Options....................................................................................................... 158

Opening a ﬁle ............................................................................................... 161

PES Analyzer – Menus and controls .......................................................................... 165

Toolbar ....................................................................................................... 165

Status bar .................................................................................................... 166

Slider bar..................................................................................................... 167

Menus and options.......................................................................................... 169

PES Analyzer – Packet Hex view.............................................................................. 171

Packet header................................................................................................ 172

PES Analyzer – Event log...................................................................................... 174

Packet selection............................................................................................. 175

PES Analyzer – Packet header interpretation ................................................................ 177

PES Analyzer – Program structure ............................................................................ 179

The diagram ................................................................................................. 180

Selecting a packet type..................................................................................... 181

PES Analyzer – PTS/DTS timing analysis . .. .. ... .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. . .. .. ...................................... 182

Access unit selection ....................................................................................... 185

Scrolling the view. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. .............................................. 185

Video streams ............................................................................................... 186

Audio streams............................................................................................... 190

AC-3 audio streams......................................................................................... 191

AAC audio streams......................................................................................... 192

E-AC3 audio streams....................................................................................... 193

T-STD Buffer Analyzer – Getting started . .. .. .. ... .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. .. ......................................... 195

Suitable streams............................................................................................. 196

Table handling............................................................................................... 196

Starting the program........................................................................................ 197

Settings. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. ................................................. 199

Opening an MPEG ﬁle ..................................................................................... 204

Opening a BMR ﬁle ........................................................................................ 205

Window layout.............................................................................................. 206

Initial processing of MPEG ﬁles .. . .. .. ... .. .. ... .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. ... ...................................... 207

Initial processing of BMR ﬁles.. ... .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. ... ........................................ 207

T-STD Buffer Analyzer – Menus and controls............................................................... 208

Toolbar ....................................................................................................... 208

Status bar .................................................................................................... 210

Menu options................................................................................................ 211

des ........................................................................................... 146

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T-STD Buffer An

Selecting streams ........................................................................................... 215

Processing streams.......................................................................................... 216

T-STD Buffer Analyzer – Event and message logs.......................................................... 219

Global event log ............................................................................................ 219

PID event log................................................................................................ 220

Trace ......................................................................................................... 221

T-STD Buffer Analyzer – Results graphs..................................................................... 225

Common features ........................................................................................... 225

Elementary Buffer graph................................................................................... 234

Multiplex or Main Buffer graph. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. ....................................... 235

Transport Buffer graph..................................................................................... 236

ES Analyzer – Getting started. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. ... .. .. ............................................ 237

Starting the ESAnalyzer................................................................................... 239

Opening anMPEG stream ................................................................................. 241

Understanding the main window and icons.............................................................. 243

Tree view and navigation .................................................................................. 245

Header, extension and hex displays....................................................................... 248

ES Analyzer – Error testing methods and outputs ........................................................... 251

Run Through Stream test mode ........................................................................... 251

Error ﬁltering................................................................................................ 253

Status bar .................................................................................................... 259

Regression testing and error log ﬁles..................................................................... 260

Reports and ﬁeldselection................................................................................. 262

Demultiplexing transport streams to PES or elementary output ﬁles . .. . .. ........................... 265

ES Analyzer – Working with transport and PES streams ................................................... 266

Using Packet view .......................................................................................... 266

UnderstandingPES......................................................................................... 267

ES Analyzer – Working with video streams.................................................................. 268

Viewing the sequence header.............................................................................. 269

Viewing the GOP and picture header..................................................................... 270

Displaying the slice and macroblock ..................................................................... 275

Analyzing picture quality .. . .. .. ... .. .. ... .. .. . .. .. .. ... .. .. . .. .. .......................................... 277

Using the video viewer for picture analysis.............................................................. 290

ES Analyzer – Working with audio streams.................................................................. 293

UnderstandingMPEG audio streams ..................................................................... 293

Audio Player ................................................................................................ 294

UnderstandingDolby Digital (AC-3) audio streams.................................................... 299

ES Analyzer – Working with Program streams .............................................................. 303

Viewing pack and system headers ........................................................................ 304

Viewing the program stream map......................................................................... 305

alyzer – Stream list ......................................................................... 214

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ES Analyzer – Wo

VBI (enhanced teletext support) .......................................................................... 308

ES Analyzer – Advanced audio compression ................................................................ 311

ADIF stream forms ......................................................................................... 313

ADTS stream forms ........................................................................................ 320

ES Analyzer – Closed caption analysis ....................................................................... 321

Enabling cl

Selecting closed caption analysis standard............................................................... 322

CC-EIA608 support ........................................................................................ 322

CC-EIA708 support ........................................................................................ 324

Dumping closed caption statistics......................................................................... 327

ES Analyzer – DVB subtitle stream analysis. .. . .. .. ... .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. ...................................... 330

DVB Subt

Page view tab................................................................................................ 335

Index

rking with teletext.......................................................................... 307

osed caption analysis.......................................................................... 321

itle Data tab .. .. . .. .. .. ... .. .. . .. .. .. ... .. .. . .. .. .. ... .. .. . .. .. .................................. 332

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List of Figure

Figure 1: TSCA Program view - deferred analysis............................................................. 1

Figure 2: TSCA startup ofﬂine ﬁle analysis ..................................................................... 7

Figure 3: TSCA startup real time analysis....................................................................... 8

Figure 4: Stream Interpretation dialog box...................................................................... 9

Figure 5: TSCA OpenFileAnalysis (Ofﬂine) dialog box .................................................... 11

Figure 6: TSCA Real time Interface dialog box ............................................................... 14

Figure 7: ‘Browse for UDP ﬂow’ window ..................................................................... 19

Figure 8: ‘Browse Device’ dropdown to

Figure 9: ‘UDP ﬂow’ selection in ‘Browse for UDP’ ﬂow window......................................... 22

Figure 10: Flow information “copied/pasted” to ‘Selected Preset’ ﬁeld . . .................................. 22

Figure 11: TSCA window showing analysis progress......................................................... 23

Figure 12: Selecting a display font from the Conﬁguration dialog box ... .. ................................ 25

Figure 13: FlexVuPlus window.................................................................................. 27

Figure 14: Analyzer window..................................................................................... 28

Figure 15: Analyzer window - noﬁle........................................................................... 32

Figure 16: Context menu (example)............................................................................. 34

Figure 17: Program view......................................................................................... 35

Figure 18: Program viewnodes.................................................................................. 36

Figure 19: Historical Multiplex Graph.. ... .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .. . ............................................. 39

Figure 20: Event log .............................................................................................. 40

Figure 21: PCR Graphs view..................................................................................... 47

Figure 22: Tests Navigation view................................................................................ 48

Figure 23: Testviewnodes....................................................................................... 49

Figure 24: Testﬁltering buttons.................................................................................. 51

Figure 25: Test Failures screen .................................................................................. 52

Figure 26: Tables view............................................................................................ 55

Figure 27: Tables v

Figure 28: Section payload....................................................................................... 58

Figure 29: PID Summary view .................................................................................. 62

Figure 30: PID Information view................................................................................ 63

Figure 31: Packet view - ISDB detail -IIP .. . .. .. ... .. .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .. .......................................... 69

Figure 32: Interface view - example............................................................................. 70

Figure 33: ‘SDR Interface for QAM Annex B’................................................................ 72

Figure 34: Window size adjustments............................................................................ 79

Figure 35: Timing graphs......................................................................................... 85

Figure 36: Graph toolbar ......................................................................................... 86

Figure 37: Graph context menu.................................................................................. 87

Figure 38: Out of range indicator................................................................................ 88

select right NIC .................................................... 20

iew - Programs (example) ................................................................. 56

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Figure 39: Bit r

Figure 40: Thumbnail view - Thumbnail view................................................................. 95

Figure 41: Now Playing - Summary view...................................................................... 96

Figure 42: Now Playing - Detail view .......................................................................... 96

Figure 43: Test parameters ....................................................................................... 97

Figure 44: PID test parameters................................................................................... 98

Figure 45: Parameter value - default icon ...................................................................... 99

Figure 46: Event log - color coding ........................................................................... 101

Figure 47: Event log - context menu - color.................................................................. 101

Figure 48: Event log - color dialog boxes .................................................................... 102

Figure 49: Bit Rate display selection.......................................................................... 103

Figure 50: Bar chart............................................................................................. 104

Figure 51: Pie chart ............................................................................................. 106

Figure 52: EPG Summary view................................................................................ 108

Figure 53: EPG nodes........................................................................................... 109

Figure 54: MPE view ........................................................................................... 112

Figure 55: Record Settings dialog box . . .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .......................................... 117

Figure 56: Record Settings dialog box - Recording in progress. .. .. . .. .. .................................. 119

Figure 57: PID selection........................................................................................ 120

Figure 58: Conﬁguration - Test Parameters .................................................................. 123

Figure 59: PCR parameters - Filter settings . . .. .. ... .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. . ........................................ 124

Figure 60: Conﬁguration - PCR Filters ... .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. ........................................ 124

Figure 61: Conﬁguration - Preferences ....................................................................... 126

Figure 62: Conﬁguration - Preferences - Font................................................................ 127

Figure 63: Conﬁguration – Preferences – Dcode ............................................................ 127

Figure 64: Stream Interpretation dialog box.................................................................. 129

Figure 65: Failed tests - example.............................................................................. 134

Figure 66: Program count ...................................................................................... 139

Figure 67: PID count............................................................................................ 140

Figure 68: Program PID bit rate - bar chart .................................................................. 141

Figure 69: Program PID bit rate - pie chart................................................................... 142

Figure 70: Bit rate graph........................................................................................ 143

Figure 71: Table Identity and Version (summary view) . .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .................................... 144

Figure 72: Table Identity and Version (section view) . ... .. .. . .. .. .. . .. ..................................... 144

Figure 73: Primary SI/PSI nodes (DVB example)........................................................... 146

Figure 74: Icon function availability (enabled/disabled) Menu bar equivalent........................... 245

Figure 75: ADIF header Information.......................................................................... 313

Figure 76: ADIF raw data Information ....................................................................... 314

Figure 77: Single channel element Information.............................................................. 315

Figure 78: Coupling pairelement information............................................................... 315

Figure 79: Coupling channel element information .......................................................... 316

ate graph.......................................................................................... 92

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Figure 80: Low f

Figure 81: Data stream element information................................................................. 317

Figure 82: Program conﬁguration element information..................................................... 317

Figure 83: Fill element information ........................................................................... 318

Figure 84: ADIF channels (non-standard) information ..................................................... 318

Figure 85: ADIF channels (standard) information........................................................... 319

Figure 86: A

requency element channel information ................................................... 316

DTS header information......................................................................... 320

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List of Tables

Table i: Overview of the MTSA Analyzer Applications...................................................... xv

Table 1: Toolbar icons ............................................................................................ 29

Table 2: Field descriptions,fromleftto right .................................................................. 30

Table 3: Program viewtabs ...................................................................................... 36

Table 4: Event log buttons........................................................................................ 40

Table 5: QAM(B) Settings:. .. . .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. ... .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. ................................................ 74

Table 6: QAM(B) Readings: ..................................................................................... 75

Table 7: Object identiﬁcation icons ............................................................................. 8

Table 8: Interface management icons ........................................................................... 81

Table 9: Quick link icons......................................................................................... 83

Table 10: Timing measurement graphs ......................................................................... 89

Table 11: Record settings .. . .. .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. . .............................................. 117

Table 12: Analysis menu options.............................................................................. 121

Table 13: View menuoptions .................................................................................. 121

Table 14: Navigation menu options ........................................................................... 121

Table 15: Settings menu options .. . .. .. .. . .. .. ... .. .. ... .. .. . .. .. .. . ........................................... 122

Table 16: CaptureVu menuoptions............................................................................ 122

Table 17: Record menu options................................................................................ 122

Table 18: Help menu options................................................................................... 122

Table 19: PCRsettling times................................................................................... 125

Table 20: Bitrate views......................................................................................... 141

Table 21: MPEG SI/PSI ........................................................................................ 147

Table 22: DVBSI/PSI .......................................................................................... 147

Table 23: ATSC SI/PSI ......................................................................................... 148

Table 24: ISDB-S SI/PSI nodes................................................................................ 149

Table 25: ISDB-T and -TB SI/PSI nodes ..................................................................... 150

Table 26: File menu

Table 27: View menuoptions .................................................................................. 157

Table 28: Settings menu options .. . .. .. .. . .. .. ... .. .. ... .. .. . .. .. .. . ........................................... 157

Table 29: Options menu options............................................................................... 157

Table 30: File menu options.................................................................................... 169

Table 31: Edit menu options ................................................................................... 169

Table 32: View menuoptions .................................................................................. 169

Table 33: Options menu options............................................................................... 170

Table 34: Window menu options .............................................................................. 170

Table 35: Help menu options................................................................................... 170

Table 36: File menu options.................................................................................... 199

Table 37: View menuoptions .................................................................................. 199

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options.................................................................................... 157

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Table 38: File m

Table 39: Edit menu options ................................................................................... 211

Table 40: View menu options .................................................................................. 211

Table 41: Options menu options ............................................................................... 212

Table 42: Process menu options ............................................................................... 212

Table 43: Trace menuoptions.................................................................................. 212

Table 44: Wi

Table 45: Help menu options................................................................................... 213

Table 46: Tool bar icons ........................................................................................ 244

Table 47: Navigation icons..................................................................................... 246

Table 48: Header icons.......................................................................................... 248

Table 49: Hex Headers display ................................................................................ 250

enu options.................................................................................... 211

ndow menu options .............................................................................. 213

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Important safety information

This manual contains information and warnings that must be followed by the user for safe operation and to keep the product in a safe condition.

To safely perform service on this product, additional information is provided at the end of this section. (See page xiii, Service safety summary.)

General safety summary

Use the product only as speciﬁed. Review the following safety precautions to avoid inj Carefully read all instructions. Retain these instructions for future reference.

ury and prevent damage to this product or any products connected to it.

Comply wi

For correct and safe operation of the product, it is essential that you follow general in this manual.

The pro

Only qualiﬁed personnel who are aware of the hazards involved should remove the co

Before use, always check the product with a known source to be sure it is oper

This product is not intended for detection of hazardous voltages.

Use personal protective equipment to prevent shock and arc blast injury where hazardous live conductors are exposed.

While using this product, you may need to access other parts of a larger system. Read the safety sections of the other component manuals for warnings and

autions related to operating the system.

When incorporating this equipment into a system, the safety of that system is the

esponsibility of the assembler of the system.

th local and national safety codes.

ly accepted safety procedures in addition to the safety precautions speciﬁed

duct is designed to be used by trained personnel only.

ver for repair, maintenance, or adjustment.

ating correctly.

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Important safety information

To avoid ﬁre or

personal

injury

Use proper powe

certiﬁed for the country of use. Do not use the provided power cord for other products.

Ground the product. This product is grounded through the grounding conductor of the power cord. To avoid electric shock, the grounding conductor must be connected to earth ground. Before making connections to the input or output terminals of the product, make sure that the product is properly grounded. Do not disable the power cord grounding connection.

Power disconnect. The power switch disconnects the product from the power source. See instructions for the location. Do not position the equipment sothatit is difﬁcult to disconnect the power switch; it must remain accessible to theuserat all times to allow for quick disconnection if needed.

Observe all terminal ratings. To avoid ﬁre or shock hazard, observe all ratings and markin information before making connections to the product.

Do not apply a potential to any terminal, including the common terminal, that exceeds the maximum rating of that terminal.

The measuring terminals on this product are not rated for connection to mains or Category II, III, or IV circuits.

r cord. Use only the power cord speciﬁed for this product and

gs on the product. Consult the product manual for further ratings

Do not operate without covers. Do not operate this product with covers or panels removed, or with the case open. Hazardous voltage exposure is possible.

Avoid exposed circuitry. Do not touch exposed connections and components when power is present.

Do not operate with suspected failures. If you suspect that there is damage to this product, have it inspected by qualiﬁed service personnel.

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Use only speciﬁed replacement parts.

Use proper fuse. Use only the fuse type and rating speciﬁed for this product.

Wear eye protection. Wear eye protection if exposure to high-intensity rays or

laser radiation exists.

Do not operate in wet/damp conditions. Be aware that condensation may occur if a unit is moved from a cold to a warm environment.

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Important safety information

Do not operate i

Keep product surfaces clean and dry. Remove the input signals before you clean

the product.

Provide proper ventilation. Refer to the installation instructions in the manual for details on installing the product so it has proper ventilation.

Slots and openings are provided for ventilation and should never be coveredor otherwise obstructed. Do not push objects into any of the openings.

Provide a safe working environment. Always place the product in a location convenient for viewing the display and indicators.

Avoid improper or prolonged use of keyboards, pointers, and button pads. Improper or prolonged keyboard or pointer use may result in serious injury.

Be sure your work area meets applicable ergonomic standards. Consult with an ergonomics professional to avoid stress injuries.

Use care when lifting and carrying the product. This product is provided with handles for lifting and carrying.

n an explosive atmosphere.

Servicesafetysummary

The Service safety summary section contains additional information required to safe service procedures. Read this Service safety summary and the General safety summary before performing any service procedures.

To avoid electric shock. Do not touch exposed connections.

product unless another person capable of rendering ﬁrst aid and resuscitation is present.

Disconnect power. To avoid electric shock, switch off the product power and disconnect the power cord from the mains power before removing any covers or panels, or opening the case for servicing.

Use care when servicing with power on. Dangerous voltages or currents may exist in this product. Disconnect power, remove battery (if applicable), and disconnect test leads before removing protective panels, soldering, or replacing components.

Verify safety after repair. Always recheck ground continuity and mains dielectric strength after performing a repair.

ly perform service on the product. Only qualiﬁed personnel should perform

not service alone. Do not perform internal service or adjustments of this

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Important safety information

Termsinthismanual

These terms may appear in this manual:

WARNING. Warning statements identify conditions or practices that could result

in injury or loss of life.

CAUTION. Caution statements identify conditions or practices that could result in

damage to this product or other property.

Symbols and terms on the product

These ter

The following symbol(s) may appear on the product:

ms may appear on the product:

DANGER indicates an injury hazard immediately accessible as you read the mark

WARNING indicates an injury hazard not immediately accessible as you read th

CAUTION indicates a hazard to property including the product.

ing.

e marking.

When this symbol is marked on the product, be sure to consult the manual to ﬁnd out the nature of the potential hazards and any actions which have to betakentoavoidthem. (Thissymbolmayalsobeusedtorefertheuserto ratings in the manual.)

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Preface

The MTSA MPEG system applications are described in the following three user manuals:

Analyzer applications

Generator applications

Carousel applications

NOTE. To view the full list of applications, ﬁnd the MTSA-HW and MTSA-PC

Quick Start User Manual at https//www.tek.com.

The MTSA can be delivered to you as a rack mountable 1RU full rack instrument (MTSA-HW), or as a standalone software (MTSA-PC). For product ordering purposes, the following naming conventions are used in this manual:

MTSA-HW, which is used for information that only applies to the MTSA-HW instrument

MTSA-PC, which is used for information that only applies to the standalone software.

MTSA: Used for information that applies to both MTSA-HW and MTSA-PC products

Table i: O verview of the MTSA Analyzer Applications

Application Desktop icon

Transport Stream Compliance Analyzer (TSCA) – Real time and deferred transport stream analysis with user-selectable MPEG-2, DVB, ATSC and ISDB conformance tests. Shows transport structure, header contents, hexadecimal packet contents, PCR timing /transport rate graphs and error message logs.

Packetized Elementary Stream (PES) Analyzer – PES analysis with selectable test options. Shows PES program structure, header contents, packet contents, PTS/DTS timing graphs and analysis reports.

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Table i: Overview of the MTSA Analyzer Applications (cont.)

Application Desktop icon

Transport Stream - System Target Decoder (T-STD) Buffer Analyzer – Analyzes program streams modeling their behavior in, and their conformance to, the MPEG-2 T-STD Buffer Model. Includes a trace facility.

Elementary Stream Analyzer – Elementary S tream analysis at video picture and audio level. This includes vector graphs and macroblock picture quality.

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Product documentation

Preface

The following table lists the documentation available for your MTSA-HW and MTSA-PC product:

Language

English

Document title Part numbers Purpose

MTSA-HW and MTSA-PC Quick Start User Manual

MTSA-HW and MTSA-PC Analyzer Applications User Manual

MTSA-HW and MTSA-PC Generator Applications User Manual

MTSA-HW and MTSA-PC Carousel Applications User Manual

MTSA-HW and MTSA-PC Release Notes

MTS4EA HEVC / AVC Video and Compressed Audio Analyzer User Manual

PQA600C and PQASW Picture Quality Analyzer User Manual

071-3661-xx Describes how to install

and get started using the test systems.

077-1600-xx Describes the operation

of the following analyzer applications: TSCA, PES Analyzer, T-STD Buffer Analyzer, and ES Analyzer.

077-1601-xx Describes the operation

of the following generator applications: Multiplexer, MPEG Player, TS Editor, ISDB-T Remux, Make Seamless Wizard, Transport Stream Cutter, and Script Pad.

077-1602-xx Data analysis showing

structure, bit rate, repetition rate, syntax and semantics of data items.

077-1604-xx Describes known issues

with the test systems.

077-1134-xx Describes the operation

of the advanced elementary stream software.

077-1137-xx Describes the operation

of the PQA application software.

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TSCA - Getting started

The MTSA MPEG Transport Stream Compliance Analyzer (TSCA) enables you to monitor and interpret the contents of real time, previously recorded, or synthesized standards.

transport streams using the latest MPEG, DVB, ATSC, and ISDB

The TSCA is s problems within a transport stream using a minimum number of clicks.

By quickly time during the development and test of equipment, networks, and services.You can conﬁgure the TSCA software to display stream information in user-selected fonts. This feature enables you to view stream information in your local language or to use custom fonts.

The TSCA software will run standalone on computers with the Microsoft Window

peciﬁcally designed to enable you to quickly locate and identify

identifying the problem areas, the TSCA software helps you save

s 10 Pro operating system:

Figure 1: TSCA Program view - deferred analysis

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TSCA features

Industry's fastest analysis engine enables reduced analysis time, rapid development, evaluation, deployment, and diagnostics of next generation DTV and IPTV s

Support for a wide range of DTV standards, including MPEG, DVB, ATSC, including A for terrestrial, cable, and satellite, plus regional variations of these standards are also supported

A range of interfaces and analysis capabilities provide the necessary connectivity to diagnose problems anywhere in the network environment, whether that is in transmission links (RF or IP layer) or content processing (TS layer)

Connection to both IP version 4 and 6 networks, including those using IGMP and MLD multicast protocols respectively

Constant bit rate stream analysis (CBR)

CaptureVu technology captures and analyzes system events in real time and deferred time to debug the intermittent and complex problems that traditional analyzers miss

ystems and services

78 and SCTE 142, and ISDB. Speciﬁc service information (SI)

Multi input monitoring

Innovative program-centric user interface brings expert power to the novice user

File Analysis and Real Time modes

The TSCA can be run in ofﬂine (or deferred) File Analysis or Real Time Analysis mode.

The ofﬂine File Analysis mode is available on any recommended platform (including the your own PC). In ofﬂine File Analysis mode, a static stream can be analyzed and displayed; the content can then be inspected at leisure.

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Technical background

TSCA - Getting started

The analyzer has a client-server architecture. Every time the analyzer opens, it starts two processes: tsca.exe, which is the client, and MpegCore.exe, which is the MPEG analysis engine.

Additionally, when the analyzer opens for the ﬁrst time, another single process, CoreManager.exe, is started. CoreManager.exe forms an intermediary between TSCA clients and MPEG cores. The tsca.exe, MpegCore.exe, and CoreManag and HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) to communicate. The port numbers used for communication are read from a conﬁguration ﬁle, CoreInfo.xml. In a default installation, the path to the ﬁle is:

C:\program files (x86)\tektronix\mpeg\mtsa\apps\tsca\xml\

The default port range is 15700-15800. You can change these values if they conﬂict with other applications. You must have local administrator rightstobe able to use IP analysis. If you need to change your rights, please consult your system administrator.

er.exe processes use SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)

User i

nterface

Program view

The TSCA software displays two primary views selected using tabs: FlexVu® Plus and Analysis.

Using the FlexVu® Plus window, you can assemble up to four views that you select from the Analysis window. This allows you to customize the view by selecting

views that are most relevant to the analysis task. The FlexVu® Plus window is

the describedindetailintheMTSA-HW and MTSA-PC Quick Start User Manual.

e Analysis window uses a single main program summary window with different

Th context sensitive views contained within tabbed frames. This provides the maximum amount of useful information, while keeping the screen from appearing cluttered. From the main window, you can access the following views: Program, Tests, Tables, PID, Packets, and Interface.

The Program view provides a fast overview of the transport stream contents in terms of program content, bit rate use by each program, and TR 101 290 test results.

Red, amber, and green LEDs highlight errors associated with each program, or element of a program, within the transport stream. Red LEDs indicate that there are current errors in the stream, amber LEDs indicate that errors have occurred but are now clear, and green LEDs indicate that no errors have been detected.

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Tests view

SI/PSI (Tables) view

Errors that are up to the highest level. This allows you to monitor all of the programs in the stream at a high level and then quickly go to lower levels as necessary to locate a problem.

The Tests view enables you to isolate errors to the speciﬁc tests that have been applied to the transport stream. The error log is automatically ﬁltered by the selected test, and can also be ﬁltered by Packet Identiﬁer (PID).

In addition to the standard ﬁrst, second, and third priority tests includedin TR 101 290 standard, tests are available for Program Clock Reference (PCR) jitter and program/PID bit rate.

A variability test enables you to test the changes in the bit rate of a speciﬁcPID, and there are many tests that are speciﬁc to ISDB-T and ISDB-S streams.

The SI/PSI (Tables) view displays the service information tables that have occurred in the analyzed stream that comply with the selected digital video standard. This includes MPEG-speciﬁc program information, DVB service information, and ATSC, ISDB program, and system protocol information.

The tables are grouped together by function and hyperlinks enable you to quickly access related information within other tables.

detected at lower levels in the program stream hierarchy propagate

iew

PID v

Packets view

The PID view displays information about all of the PIDs found in the transport stream. When you select the transport stream, the associated summary view provides a PID-oriented overview of the transport stream, displaying the relative

ta rates of all of the PIDs contained within the stream.

The information can be displayed as either a bar chart or as a pie chart. Pop up

nus enable fast limit selection and links. Each PID is associated with a number

me of tests. When one or more tests fail, each failed test will be listed under the relevant PID. Select a speciﬁc PID to display a summary of all the associatedtests.

Select a speciﬁc test to display the Event Log and Parameters for only that test.

The Packets view displays information about all of the packets found in the transport stream grouped according to content. These groups include PID value, SFN mega-initialization packets (MIPs) (DVB only), and ISDB-T and ISDB-TB information packets (IIPs).

When you select a speciﬁc PID or MIP, only packets carrying that particular PID or MIP are displayed. A section view is also available. Deferred analysis of PCAP ﬁles allows you to see the Ethernet packets. The Packets view is not available in real time mode. However, you can examine packets in a real time stream by using the CaptureVu feature.

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