Broadcast News, Edition 6
DM1010
ATSC Demodulator new price/performance leader
Looking
for an excellent ATSC measurement demodulator for Terrestrial Digital
Television signals? Consider the Z
Technology DM1010.
The DM1010 is a fully calibrated 8VSB
demodulator for monitoring, measuring and documentation of ATSC/DTV broadcast
signals.
The
DM1010 will demodulate any Channel (2 – 69) and provide all the standard power
level and signal-to-noise ratio numbers you would expect as well as three
unique Transport Stream outputs: ASI, SMPTE 310 and LVDS. RF
level measurements are traceable to the NIST.
In
addition, the DM1010 adds an impressive combination of measurement features critical
to successful DTV transmitter operation, such useful tools as: FFT Spectrum
Display (with FCC Mask and shoulder measurements); true I&Q
demodulation for display of 8VSB Constellation, Eye Pattern and Echo
profile plots; MER, EVM and SNR values before and after
Equalization. These are just a few of the many measurement parameters
available.
The
instrument operates as a stand-alone rack mounted unit for ongoing day-to-day
confidence monitoring and transport stream generation. Connect the same
DM1010 to a PC running Z Technology’s WinDM Pro software and you have
computer-based control of the instrument as well as access to all the nifty
measurement features mentioned above and demonstrated through the screen
captures included in this letter.
An Ethernet port provides secure VPN (virtual private network) Internet access to the DM1010 across the room, the city, the state or the nation.

To make sure your transmitted signal meets ATSC and FCC standards and the transport stream contains the programming you expect, add Option TSR to the DM1010. This option lets you display transport stream data, statistical bandwidth usage and thumbnails of video program streams on a local PC.

If you’d like to know more about the DM1010 ATSC Measurement Demodulator, just give us a
call at 888-632-9832,
email sales@ztechnology.com or go to our website at www.ztechnology.com.
