Description
- Universal receiver for VHF/UHF band
- Advanced demodulator API available
- Optimized for Software Defined Radio
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ORDERING INFO
DTA-2131B – Multi-standard VHF/UHF receiver
DTA-2131B-SL – Multi-standard VHF/UHF receiver with StreamXpert Lite
DTA-2131B-SX – Multi-standard VHF/UHF receiver with StreamXpert
DTA-2131B-XPRT – Multi-standard VHF/UHF receiver with ATSC3Xpert, C2Xpert, T2Xpert
DTA-2131B-XPRT-SX – Multi-standard VHF/UHF receiver with ATSC3Xpert, C2Xpert, T2Xpert and StreamXpert
DTA-2131B Features
- Tuner, I/Q demodulator and sample-rate converter, optimized for use with SDR technology (Software Defined Radio = demodulation in software)
- Several software demodulators available, including ATSC 3.0, DVB-T2, QAM-A/B/C with features, performance and advanced RF measurements exceeding those of consumer demodulator chips
- Hardware sample rate converter for obtaining I/Q samples at a convenient sample rate
- Demodulated stream and advanced RF measurements available through free Windows and Linux SDK (DTAPI)
DTA-2131B Applications
- Network monitoring of ATSC, ATSC3.0, DVB-T, DVB-T2, DAB+, DVB-C2, ISDB-T and QAM-A/B/C with advanced measurements
- Universal receiver
- Recording of I/Q samples
- Front end for SDR experiments
Specifications
RF input 75-Ω F female
Input return loss >18dB
Tuning range 42 .. 1002MHz
Input sensitivity -90 .. -10dBm
Bandwidth 1.7/5/6/7/8MHz
I/Q sample rate 1.0 .. 40Msps
SNR 50dB
MER 3 .. 47dB
RF level -90 .. -10dBm
Constellation Yes
Standards ATSC VSB, ATSC3.0, DAB+, DVB-C, DVB-C2, DVB-T, DVB-T2,
ISDB-T/Tsb, QAM (A/B/C), I/Q samples
Power consumption 5.5W typ
PCI-Express label PCIe x1
OS Windows 10, 11
Server 16, 19, 22
Linux >2.6, 3.x, 4.x, 5.x
Software Description
1. 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. StreamXpert Lite – Light-weight version of StreamXpert for viewing and recording transport-stream contents, and for decoding audio and video.
StreamXpert StreamXpert Lite
Ribbon based GUI ✓ ✓
Display
List with properties of all PIDs ✓ –
List with properties of all services ✓ partial
List with properties of all tables ✓ –
Video Decoding
HEVC ✓ ✓
AVC ✓ ✓
AVS ✓ ✓
MPEG-2 ✓ ✓
4:2:2 ✓ –
10-bit ✓ –
Full screen mode ✓ ✓
Multi-monitor support ✓ ✓
Audio Decoding
HE-AAC ✓ ✓
AAC ✓ ✓
E-AC-3 ✓ ✓
AC-3 ✓ ✓
MPEG-1 Layer II ✓ ✓
Supported Interfaces
DekTec input adapters ✓ ✓
PC network ports ✓ ✓
Advanced
Custom table and descriptor templates ✓ –
PID Grid, graphical overview of all PIDs ✓ –
Dolby AC-4 analysis ✓ –
Recording
Manual mode ✓ ✓
Size based ✓ ✓
Duration based ✓ ✓
Measurement and Compliance
TR 101 290 priority 1, 2 and 3 ✓ –
Bitrate ✓ partial
PCR graphs ✓ –
PCR accuracy ✓ –
PCR interval ✓ –
PCR frequency offset ✓ –
3. ATSC3Xpert – Analysis of ATSC-3 with advanced RF measurements
4. C2Xpert – Analysis of DVB-C/C2 with advanced RF measurements
5. T2Xpert – Analysis of DVB-T/T2 with advanced RF measurements
