Specifications

DTC-325

Affordable Tools for Digital-TV Professionals March 2015

5. Record Option: This area provides controls to select between Single File recording or Multiple File

recording. For Single File recording, the loop recording can be selected. For multiple files, a specific

number of file can be defined or unlimited number of files can be created through the setting of

auto-erase rules detailed in section 4.3.3

6. Estimates View: This area displays estimates for File Duration, File Size and Total Size required for

your recording configuration.

7. Control Area: This area provides buttons for controls (ex: Start, Stop) and activation of

functionalities (Schedule, Snmp control, PID filtering,.. ) of the recording application.

8. Buffer Monitoring: This area displays the status of the hardware buffer and reports when overflow

occur. A [Clear Alarm] button permits you to clear and acknowledge past alarm.

9. Process monitors: This area displays monitors of the recording process including the total time of

your recording configuration, the actual file recording time, the actual file size, the overall disk space

used by your recording and the remaining disk space

10. Message Bar: Messages displayed in the bottom bar includes event reports, errors, warnings

and information from the application. Type of input and of the adapter type info are displayed on

the right side.

5.3. DtGrabber+ Application Control

5.3.1. Menu Bar

The menu bar contains four menus:

1. Recording. From the Recording menu, the user can set the Record File name and access the

application Options (See section 5.6 for details about Options)

2. Tools. From the Tools menu, several tools and functionalities are provided like the merge

tools, the schedule control or the PID filtering set-up. (See section 5.5 for details about the

several tools)

3. Adapter. The Adapter menu provides common information about the current adapter and a

detailed setting window depending on your adapter, like for DTA-160 or DTU-234 (See

Appendix A and Appendix B about how to control those devices)

4. Help. The help menu displays contact information for sales and technical support regarding

DekTec products. It displays the current version of the application.

5.3.2. Adapter Area

This area indicates the selected adapter and provides information regarding the input signal. It can

provide specific controls like of SDI recording settings, or adapter-related settings.

Adapter Area – common view

For MPEG2 TS input, two LEDs are present for signal detection and for TS Sync. Packet size and TS

rate are reported.