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All rights reserved. Licensed software products are owned by Tektronix or its suppliers and are protected by United States copyright laws and international treaty provisions. Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252.227-7013, or subparagraphs (c)(1) and (2) of the Commercial Computer Software -- Restricted Rights clause at FAR 52.227-19, as applicable. Tektronix products are covered by U.S. and foreign patents, issued and pending. Information in this publication supersedes that in all previously published material. Specifications and price change privileges reserved. Tektronix, Inc., P.O. Box 500, Beaverton, OR 97077 TEKTRONIX and TEK are registered trademarks of Tektronix, Inc. Trademarks and Patents Windows™ is acknowledged as a trademark of Microsoft£ Corporation. Pentium™ is acknowledged as a trademark of Intel Corporation. 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Table of Contents Preface . iii Related Material . iii Manual Conventions . iii Contacting Tektronix . iv Volume 1 Introduction Transport Stream Analyzer. Sect. 1 Packetized Elementary Stream Analyzer. Sect. 2 T-STD Buffer Analyzer. Sect. 3 Tracer. Sect. 4 Player. Sect. 5 Monitor/Recorder. Sect. 6 Transport Stream Editor. Sect. 7 Multiple. Sect. 8 Make Seamless Wizard. Sect. 9 Stream Monitor Plus. Sect. 10 Volume 2 Elementary Stream Analyzer . Sect. 11 BS Digital Multiplexer . Sect. 12 BC Digital Multiplexer . Sect. 13 Carousel Analyzer . Sect. 14 Carousel Generator . Sect. 15 Transport Stream Maker . Sect. 16 Transport Stream Cutter . Sect. 17 ScriptP . Sect. 18 Custom SI Scripting . Sect. 19 AD951A/AD953A MPEG Test System User Manual i Table of Contents ii AD951A/AD953A MPEG Test System User Manual Preface This manual describes the software applications available to the Tektronix AD951A/AD953A MPEG Test System. All applications are installed; access will be dictated by the security dongle and those options purchased. The manual is divided into sections, each describing one application. An overview of the applications is provided in the Introduction section. Related Material Getting Started Manual (071-1422-xx) Describes the installation of the MPEG Test System. Additional documentation, such as ReadMe files, may be included on the installation disks. The following URLs access the Web sites for the standards organizations listed (the URLs listed were valid at the time of writing): x MPEG-2 standards (International Organization for Standards) - http://www.iso.ch/ x DVB standards (European Technical Standards Institute) - http://www.etsi.org/ x ATSC standards (Advanced Television Systems Committee) - http://www.atsc.org/ Manual Conventions Naming conventions for the interface elements are based on standard Windows naming conventions. Naming conventions for MPEG-2, ATSC, and DVB structures follow the conventions derived from the standards documents listed above. In addition, the following formatting conventions apply to this manual: x Bold text refers to specific interface elements that you are instructed to select, click, or clear. Example: Select Settings from the Configuration menu. x Boxed text represents buttons on the user interface. Example: Select Trigger on the Setup dialog. x Mono-spaced text can indicate the following: x Text you enter from a keyboard Example: Enter the network identity (http://TSMonitor01) x Characters you press on your keyboard Example: Press CTRL+C to copy the selected text. x Paths to components on your hard drive Example: The program files are installed at the following location: C:\Program Files\Tektronix\ AD951A/AD953A MPEG Test System User Manual iii Preface Contacting Tektronix Phone 1-800-833-9200* Address Tektronix, Inc. Department or name (if known) 14200 SW Karl Braun Drive P.O. Box 500 Beaverton, OR 97077 USA Web site www.tektronix.com Support - N & S America Sales support 1-800-833-9200, select option 1* Service support 1-800-833-9200, select option 2* Technical support Email: [email protected] 1-800-833-9200, select option 3* * - toll free in North America. 6:00 a.m. -- 5:00 p.m. Pacific time After office hours, please leave a voice mail message. Support - Europe & the Rest of the World Sales Support +44 (0)1344 392000 Service & Technical Support Telephone +44 (0)1223 200700 Fax +44 (0)1223 200701 iv AD951A/AD953A MPEG Test System User Manual Introduction Introduction.............................................................3 The Software Suite..................................................3 Proprietary Analysis Software ................................6 MPEG Files.............................................................7 Format...............................................................7 Locations ..........................................................7 AD951A/AD953A MPEG Test System User Manual 1 Introduction 2 AD951A/AD953A MPEG Test System User Manual Introduction Introduction All applications in the MPEG Test System family operate under a Windows operating system (refer to the Specifications section in the AD951A/AD953A Technical Reference Manual, 071-1425-xx). The Software Suite Table 1 lists the applications available to the MPEG Test System. The table shows which applications are included in the standard installation ( ); also shown are those applications that can be enabled as an upgrade option ( ). Table 1: AD951A/AD953A Software Applications Section Desktop Application \ Product AD951A AD953A Number Icon 1 Transport Stream (TS) Analyzer Transport stream analysis with user-selectable MPEG-2, DVB and ATSC conformance tests. Shows transport structure, header contents, hexadecimal packet contents, PCR timing /transport rate graphs and an error message log. TS Analyzer Lite As for the TS Analyzer except that the file size of transport streams to be analyzed is limited to 192 MB. 2 Packetized Elementary Stream (PES) Analyzer PES analysis with selectable