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News from Rohde & Schwarz Issue 2000/II - 167

• ITU-conformant Monitoring Receiver ESMB: Incredibly compact and high-end into the bargain

  There was a time when ITU-conformant test receivers were by no means lightweight and their high power consumption was an additional drawback in many an application. Not so the new Monitoring Receiver ESMB: a wide frequency range from 9 kHz to 3 GHz, excellent electrical characteristics, comprehensive functions all combined in an incredibly compact and lightweight instrument make it ideal for mobile and stationary use. It is intended as a monitoring receiver for all tasks in compliance with ITU recommendations and for use in the entire field of radiomonitoring.
  ITU-conformant Monitoring Receiver ESMB: Incredibly compact and high-end into the bargain
  
  

• DTV Recorder Generator DVRG: Recording,processing and replaying MPEG2 transport streams

  From the very beginning of digital television, Rohde&Schwarz has demonstrated its competence in terms of MPEG2 with MPEG2 Generator DVG and MPEG2 Measurement Decoder DVMD. This instrument duo with its unparalleled features is today found virtually wherever MPEG2 transport streams appear and have to be processed. Now a new member has been added to the family – the DVRG generator platform. This unit is quite unique, generating the entire spectrum of digital TV signals while occupying minimum space. In addition to recording and replaying MPEG2 transport streams, DVRG can optionally process uncompressed SDI video streams of 270 Mbit/s. Additional software packages open up a wide range of applications.
  DTV Recorder Generator DVRG: Recording,processing and replaying MPEG2 transport streams
  
  

• ATSC Test Receiver EFA: All measurement functions for North-American digital TV standard

  Following North America‘s decision in favour of ATSC/VSB (Advanced Television Systems Committee) for digital TV broadcasting, Rohde & Schwarz started to develop the necessary instrumentation and transmitters. After the successful launch of test receivers for analog TV signals and European digital TV standards, a new member for ATSC has now joined the EFA family. Compact in design and with extensive automatic test functionality, this receiver is ideal for applications in the development and production of transmitter modulators as well as acceptance testing of large transmitter systems and monitoring the quality of digital TV signals.
  ATSC Test Receiver EFA: All measurement functions for North-American digital TV standard
  
  

• Digital Radiocommunication Test Set CRTx: Flexible test platform for general packet radio service (GPRS)

  General packet radio service (GPRS) is the new service of GSM standard Phase2+ for packet-oriented data transmission. Compared with existing, line-oriented GSM data services such as high-speed circuit-switched data (HSCSD), GPRS allows better adaptation to data networks like the Internet and more efficient use of available radio resources while offering the same data transfer rates. Radiocommunication Test Set CRTx is ready to go for this new data service and, with its flexible test facilities, provides an excellent platform for GPRS test scenarios.
  Digital Radiocommunication Test Set CRTx: Flexible test platform for general packet radio service (GPRS)
  
  

• Noise Measurement Software FS-K3: Noise test system with FSE,FSIQ or FSP analyzers

  The noise figure and the gain of a DUT can be measured highly accurately with the new Noise Measurement Software FS-K3 and a signal or spectrum analyzer of the FSE, FSIQ or FSP family. The result is a noise test system that is substantially superior to a conventional test setup.
  Noise Measurement Software FS-K3: Noise test system with FSE,FSIQ or FSP analyzers
  
  

• Universal Radio Communication Tester CMU200: GSM power measurement versatile, fast and accurate

  Measurement speed and accuracy - these are the key criteria in production because they determine test times and thus throughput. Universal Radio Communication Tester CMU200 optimizes the two parameters for each application. How this rapid tester helps you to cut down on measurement times is demonstrated here by the example of power measurements on GSM mobiles.
  Universal Radio Communication Tester CMU200: GSM power measurement versatile, fast and accurate
  
  

• Digital Radio Communication Tester CMU200: Selftesting CMU200

  Modern measuring instruments are not only expected to be fast and accurate, the user also wants high reliability and above all long calibration intervals. Should any repair ever become necessary, accurate fault diagnosis helps to keep servicing times to a minimum and makes for increased instrument availability. Universal Radio Communication Tester CMU200 consequently integrates elaborate selftest facilities allowing fast checking of its basic function
  Digital Radio Communication Tester CMU200: Selftesting CMU200
  
  

• Software for mobile-radio conformance test systems: Convenient parameter sets instead of time-consuming,low-level programming

  Conformance test systems from Rohde & Schwarz for mobile radio support all major standards such as GSM900/1800/1900, DECT, TETRA, W-CDMA and Bluetooth. Hundreds of test cases based on the particular regulations have already been implemented. But the low-level interface used for programming is much too time-consuming for users wanting to modify test cases or design their own. To allow users to concentrate on their tasks, Rohde & Schwarz developed test types described by parameter sets that very much simplify complex procedures.
  Software for mobile-radio conformance test systems: Convenient parameter sets instead of time-consuming,low-level programming
  
  

• Signal Generation: Bit-error-rate measurement on set-top boxes

  Bit error rate (BER) can be measured at different points on set-top boxes for digital television. A BER instrument must be able to accept and evaluate data in serial or parallel form or as the payload of an MPEG2 transport stream. This is no problem with TV Test Transmitter SFQ and its BER measurement option: while the necessary signals are generated at the right places in the signal flow, BER is measured at the same time. Together with an optional noise generator and fading simulator, SFQ is also able to simulate the interference occurring in real-life transmissions in a reproducible way.
  Signal Generation: Bit-error-rate measurement on set-top boxes
  
  

• Video & TV Measurement: Innovative measurement functions for terrestrial digital TV

  DVB-T Test Receiver EFA-T features a multitude of measurement functions for the complex characteristics of OFDM signals, thus helping to locate transmission channel problems. Some of these innovative methods are already described in detail in. A number of new features now allow classification and analysis of DVB-T signal quality.
  Video & TV Measurement: Innovative measurement functions for terrestrial digital TV
  
  

• GH127 AllAudio: Digital recording,distribution and management of audio signals in radiomonitoring systems

  GH127 AllAudio is PC-based software for simultaneous digital recording of audio signals from up to 16 channels and their distribution via networks. An integrated database for data backup and an export function support management of recordings. An optional intercom makes for easy teamwork.
  GH127 AllAudio: Digital recording,distribution and management of audio signals in radiomonitoring systems
  
  

• Spectrum Monitoring Software ARGUS 4.0: New software generation for spectrum monitoring systems

  Spectrum Monitoring System ARGUS-IT (formerly SMSI plus TS9965) is equipped with different software packages for complex radiomonitoring tasks. ArgusMon and ArgusEval, now available in upgraded versions, form the core of the software.
  Spectrum Monitoring Software ARGUS 4.0: New software generation for spectrum monitoring systems
  
  

• Electronic spare-parts catalog: Short clicking is better than long leafing

  People in spare-parts logistics and field service are often under considerable pressure, especially when their customers‘ expensive machinery or systems are shut down due to a defect. A large number of different models, versions and variants as well as a constantly changing product range aggravate this situation, and often result in the wrong thing being ordered. One solution to this problem is electronic spare-parts catalogs (SPCs), with integrated search engines to speed up the tracing of the right spare part. They reduce the effort involved in updating spare-parts documentation, simplify the ordering process, and lots more.
  Electronic spare-parts catalog: Short clicking is better than long leafing
  
  

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• Issue 2000/I - 166
• Issue 1999/V - 165
• Issue 1999/IV - 164
• Issue 1999/III - 163
• Issue 1999/II - 162
• Issue 1999/I - 161
• Issue 1998/IV - 160
• Issue 1998/III - 159
• Issue 1998/II - 158
• Issue 1998/I - 157
• Issue 1997/IV - 156
• Issue 1997/III - 155
• Issue 1997/II - 154
• Issue 1997/I - 153
• Issue 1996/IV - 152
• Issue 1996/III - 151

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