Specifications

Introduction
VTM Series Installation and Operation Handbook
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• Patented Gamut display
• 16 user presets
• Illuminated controls and indicators
• Compact 1RU configuration
• Ethernet with SNMP agent
• Router control port
• Input standards: SMPTE 292M, SMPTE 259M-C, NTSC, and PAL
The VTM Series is the perfect solution for the unattended signal quality monitoring of
multiple sites:
• Satellite uplinks and downlinks
• Remote transmitter sites
• Tape-to-tape or tape-to-server transfers
• NLE digitizing and rendering
• Network and/or remote feeds
• STL
• Any HDTV node that requires quality analysis of video, audio, and time code
parameters
VTM Series Configuration
VTM Series Configurations are shown in the following subsections (Console, Graphics
Engines, Audio Options, Video Input Options, Auxiliary Options, and VTM Package
Configurations).
Console:
• VTM-ASX - VTM Console that includes chassis, power supply, cooling system
fans, system controller, front panel controls with USB port, and back panel
connections for Ethernet, USB port, one router, one remote control port, and
LTC/GPI interface. Supports one graphics display engine, one or two video
boards, and one audio board. A graphics display engine module (VTM-OPT 10 or
VTM-OPT 40) and at least one input module are required to operate the console.
Graphics Engines (supports one):
• VTM-OPT 10 - Graphics display engine that affords 100% digital signal
processing and instrument display capability of one input source at a time.
• VTM-OPT 40 - Graphics display engine that affords 100% digital signal
processing and instrument display capability of four input sources simultaneously.
Audio Options (supports one):
• VTM-A
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-OPT 2 - Advanced Audio Analysis Option. Bargraphs and CineSound
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View up to eight audio channels. Includes four analog stereo inputs, four
AES/EBU shared input/output pairs, and 16 channels of embedded audio. Analog
monitoring outputs of up to eight channels simultaneously.