The 7160 Serial Digital Protection DA module is a fail-safe bypass protection switch for monitoring and switching critical SD and HD paths in broadcast and satellite applications. When a fault is detected in the Primary input, the switch will activate, causing the Secondary (backup) input to be switched to the module’s distributed outputs. The switch can operate in two modes; automatic or nonresetting. The 7160 monitors the integrity of the Primary serial digital input stream and analyzes the audio and video content. Signal health and fault detection is determined by monitoring any or all of the following parameters: Closed Caption Data, Timing Reference Signal (TRS), Black, Embedded Audio, Error Detection and Handling (EDH), CRCs, and Freeze.
- Use for critical paths in broadcast and transmission to ensure staying on-air incase of primary signal fault
- Two serial digital inputs, four serial digital outputs
- Accepts SD and HD SDI inputs
- Detects TRS, CRCs, EDH, Black, Silence and Freeze
- Embedded audio detection
- Passes embedded audio
- Alarm generation
- Remote control and monitoring
