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Front Panel

• 8 Button Tactile Raised keypad: 

   Mode, Select, Enter, Escape, Up, Down, Left, Right 

• Blue Translucent LCD

   20 character by 2 row

• Front Panel Host LED’s

   Power, Alarm, Link, Busy, MPE

• Front Panel LEDs

   Out (Alarm, ASI, GigE, CA)

DTA-3250 Specific

In (2 - ASI Ports, DVB-S 3 Port & Lock , DVB-S 4 Port 

& Lock, ATSC 5 Port & Lock, ATSC 6 Port & Lock)

DTA-3254 Specific

In (2 - ASI Ports, ATSC 3 Port & Lock, ATSC 4 Port & 

Lock, ATSC 5 Port & Lock, ATSC 6 Port & Lock)

ASI Inputs

• ASI x 2 (BNC)

• 188 or 204 Byte mode

• SPTS or MPTS

• 211 Mbps per input

• 256 PIDs per input

• Fill scrubbing on input

• Input Modes

   Auto (Remap all services)

   Manual (Add/Drop/Remap PID/Services)

   Pass (Pass all services as-is)

   MHP Injector

   SI Injector

SMPTE-310 Input

• SMPTE-310 x 2 (BNC)

• 188 Byte mode

• SPTS or MPTS

• 19.39 Mbs

QPSK Inputs (Satellite) 

3250 (2)            3254 (0)

• QPSK 

• Antenna Input

   L-Band Input 950 – 2150 MHz

• Input Level

   -65 dB to –25 dB

• LNB Power 

   Automatic Polarity Sensing

      (Horizontal - 14V-Vertical - 18V)

      Automatic Over and Under Current Protection

   22 KHz Tone 

      (High Frequency Block Up-convert)

      DiSEqC

• Symbol Rate

   2 to 45 MS/s

• Forward Error Correction (Physical)

   DVB Viterbi FEC 

   Automatic Sensing 

   1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8 

   Reed Solomon (16 bits)

• 188 or 204 Byte mode

• SPTS or MPTS

• 72 Mbps per input

• 256 PIDs per input

• Fill scrubbing on input

• Modes

   Same as ASI

Redundancy

• 1+1 IP and ASI

• ASI x 2 (BNC inputs for auto switch)

• No external controller required

ATSC/QAM Inputs (Terrestrial) 

3250 (2)                  3254 (4)

• 8VSB x 2 (Type F Female) 

• Antenna Input

   54 MHz to 864 MHz

• Input Level

   80 dB to –0 dB 8VSB

   15 dBmv to -15 dBmv (64 QAM)

   12 dBmv to -15 dBmv (256 QAAM)

• Channel Bandwidth 

   6, 7 or 8 MHz

• Channel Bandwidth

   6 MHz

• Channel Assignment

   US Standard

• Functional

   8 VSB Signaling

• Modulation Modes

   8 VSB, 64 and 256 QAM Annex B

• Forward Error Correction  

   Reed Solomon, Trellis Encoding

• 188 or 204 Byte mode

• SPTS or MPTS

• 19.39 Mbps 8 VSB

• 256 PIDs per input

• Fill scrubbing on input

• Modes

   Same as ASI

Outputs

• Gigabit Ethernet 

   SPTS over UDP or RTP 

   MPTS over UDP or RTP

   50 Mbs

   Very low jitter

Output Options

• ASI (model is DTA 3250/4-SMPTE)

   Mirrored (BNC x 3)

   Byte or Burst Mode

      54 Mbs Byte

      211 Mbs Burst

   Jitter less than 150 (nS)

• SMPTE-310 (model is DTA 3250/4-SMPTE)

   Mirrored (BNC x 2)

   SMPTE-310 option includes ASI

Table Processing

• No Tables

• MPEG Tables

   PAT

   CAT (if CA is enabled)

   PMT

• DVB Tables (Add/Drop/Remap DVB Services)

   NIT

   SDT

   TDT/TOT

   EIT

• ATSC Tables (Add/Drop/Remap ATSC Services)

   VCT (Cable or Terrestrial)

   MGT

   STT

   RRT

   EIT (1-4)

• DCII Tables (Add/Drop/Remap Digicypher services to 

DVB or ATSC)

IP Data Encapsulation (ISO 13818-6 MPE)

• EN 301 192 Encapsulation of IP Datagrams over 

• Unicast and Multicast Support

• 32 Routes

• 32 PIDs

IP Data de-capsulation (ISO 13818-6 MPE)

• EN 301 192 de-capsulation of IP Datagrams 

• 16 PiDs

• 300 Mbs

Conditional Access Encryption

• DVB-Common Scrambling Algorithm (CSA)

• DVB Simulcrypt TS 103 197 v 1.2.1 and SCTE 

     OpenCAS™  DVS-278 compliant 

• FIPS 140-2 hardware based random number 

     generator (RNG)

• Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

   Adtec Open Secure Transport  (OST)

   IP based encryption for use with Adtec IRDs

   IP Set Top and Computer compatibility

• Approved 3rd Party CA Vendors include:

• CSA:

   Irdeto

   Conax

   EuroCAS

   KeyFly

   Xcrypt

• AES:

   Verimatrix

Host Platform

• PowerPC 

• Adtec optimized Linux Kernel

• 10/100 Ethernet RJ-45 (Eth 0)

• 10/100/1000 Ethernet RJ-45 (Eth 1) 

• Serial Port (RJ-48)

• USB 2.0 (2)

• IEEE 1394 (Firewire)

• N.C. / N.O. Tally Interface

• XML Configuration

• HTTP, FTP, Telnet, IP Logging, DHCP, 

   (XCP Adtec encrypted layer 3 protocol) 

 

Power

• 70-240 VAC switching power supply

• 50/60 Hertz

• Rated at 94 Watts return nominal usage 20 watts

Physical

• 19” wide, 1.75” tall, 16” deep, (483 x 44.5 x 406 mm)

• 1 Rack Unit

• Weight 13lbs.

Environmental

• Active cooling (Push pull Fans)

• Operating: 0 to +50 degrees C

• Storage: -30 to +65 degrees C

• Less than 70% RH

• Non-Condensing

• Digital Turn Around Router 

• 1 - 3 pin Alarm Tally Plug

• Rackmount Kit:  

   4 rack mount screws with washers.

• Terminal Kit:

   1 -  RS232 Interface

   1 -  Ethernet Cable (10 foot long)

• Adtec Startup CD

• DTA Operations Manual

• US Power Cord (6 foot long)

Note:  

DTA 3254 

models do not have 
QPSK Input ports. They 
are replaced with 2 
additional Terrestrial 
ATSC inputs. 

Note: Specifications subject to change without written notice

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Power

 

GigE

 

IEEE 1394 FireWire

Terminal Interface

 

Fast Ethernet Interface

ASI Redundancy

 

Inputs

ASI Inputs

QPSK Inputs 

Terrestrial ATSC Inputs

Redundancy

 

Tally

ASI Outputs

USB 2.0 Interface

GPIO or Serial Port

CACI Slots 

SMPTE 310 Outputs

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