PHABRIX today announces it will showcase SMPTE ST 2110 support on its flagship Qx Series and renowned handheld, the Sx TAG, on booth 6K3-12 at Broadcast Asia 2018. PHABRIX will also demonstrate its rack-mounted Rx series for up to 4 channel signal generation, analysis and monitoring and its portable SxE 3G/HD/SD generation, analysis and monitoring solution with advanced physical layer analysis.

Qx Series – IP/12G-SDI, 4K/UHD and HDR Generation, Analysis and Monitoring

PHABRIX’s Qx Series offers the latest hybrid IP/SDI test and measurement tools required for the transition to the next generation of video formats. The top of the range Qx IP now offers SMPTE 2110* with PTP and 2022-6 support.

The Qx Series’ new 12G-SDI STRESS option will be making its Broadcast Asia debut, providing an advanced toolset for SDI interface stress testing. Together with the Qx Series’ fast, automated 12G-SDI physical layer analysis with RTE™ (Real-Time Eye) technology, provides a world-class solution to SMPTE compliance verification.

Adding to its already comprehensive PQ HDR toolset, the Qx Series now offers support for Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG) and S-log3, enhancing the visualization and analysis of 4K/UHD and HD content. The series’ new remote interface will also be demonstrated, employing VNC technology to deliver 16 simultaneous scalable instrument windows backed by a new powerful preset mechanism.

Sx TAG – Portable Generator/Analyzer for hybrid IP/SDI applications

Now offering support for the latest SMPTE 2110* and SMPTE 2022-6 decapsulation/encapsulation, PHABRIX’s Sx TAG is the go-to handheld test and measurement instrument for the world’s most advanced broadcasters and broadcast manufacturers.

Designed for rapid fault-finding and compliance testing in IP, 3G/HD/SD-SDI, optical SDI and analog broadcast workflows, the Sx TAG’s advanced toolset also includes multi-format waveform and vectorscope monitors. With an inbuilt 16:9 screen and speakers, users can perform video and audio generation and analysis in remote locations.

Rx Series: Rack-mounted signal Generation, Analysis and Monitoring (2K/3G/HD/SD)

Ideal for broadcast QC in the studio, MCR or live production truck, PHABRIX’s rack-mounted Rx Series delivers 2K/3G/HD/SD signal generation, analysis and monitoring for faster compliance testing and fault diagnosis of video and audio content. It’s ultra-flexible, user-defined instrument layout can present up to 16 instruments simultaneously, ranging from full screen to 1/16 screen. The Rx’s advanced diagnostics tools include RTE™ (Real-Time Eye) and jitter physical layer analysis instruments, plus closed caption, loudness and Dolby® monitoring.

Phillip Adams, Managing Director, PHABRIX, commented, ‘Broadcast Asia provides us with a fantastic opportunity to present our reliable and agile IP/SDI, HDR and UHD test and measurement solutions to some of the industry’s most advanced broadcasters and broadcast manufacturers in the APAC region.’

PHABRIX will be present on stand #6K3-12 and Ideal Systems’ stand #6F4-04.