S&T's TSBroadcaster CDL

TSBroadcaster 3 Common Download (CDL) is a configuration of TSBroadcaster which is suitable for delivery of OCAP code images and firmware to OpenCable-complient devices. Its features include:

1. Generation of CVTs Type 2 which are broadcast:
1. down a DSG Broadcast Tunnel type 5, or,
2. via the DAC web service interface, or.
3. via the Cisco BFS
2. creation of DSM-CC data carousels containing the code image
3. data carousels are streamed down DSG application tunnels, the in-band FAT channel or placed on a tftp site
4. TSBroadcaster 3 CDL is installed on a TSPlayer system with one output
5. includes an easy to configure software multiplexer which handles a variety of input sources; supports PID filtering and remapping
6. ASI or Gigabit Ethernet outputs
7. Peer groups for n+1 redundancy

Redundancy

TSBroadcaster can generate multiple transport streams and can connect to one of more TSPlayer systems, each controlling a single transport stream broadcast.

A high degree of fault tolerance can be achieved by using a hot swappable spare of TSBroadcaster 3 CDL. A master/slave pair of TSBroadcasters monitor each other and the slave takes over the role of the master if the master fails.

An ASI switch, available from a number of third party suppliers, can swap TSBroadcaster or TSPlayer outputs from a failed system if required. TSBroadcaster uses the Peer Groups feature to implement n+1 redundancy.