Newtec M6100 - Transport Stream Analyzer Alarms

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Appendix A - Alarm List M6100 Broadcast Satellite Modulator
14.5 Transport Stream Analyzer Alarms
Alarm Description
TS 1_1 TS_sync_loss Alarm indicating that the synchronization with the
Transport-Stream (TS) has been lost. This
condition occurs:
When two or more consecutive corrupted SYNC
bytes are received.
TS 1_2 Sync_byte_error This alarm is raised when a single corrupted SYNC
byte is detected. The alarm is cleared when the
next correct SYNC byte appears.
TS 1_3 Pat_error This alarm indicates that the 'Program Association
Table' (PAT) cannot be detected properly in the
stream.
The PAT table id (0x00) should be detected in a
PID 0x0000 at least every 0.5 s.
TS 1_4 Continuity_count_error This alarm is raised when packets arrive out of
sequence, get dropped or occur more than once.
TS 2_1 Transport_error This alarm condition is detected when the
'Transport Error indicator'-bit in the TS-Header is
set to '1' for a specific PID. The alarm condition is
cleared when no Transport Error indication is
detected for 5 s.
TS 2_3a PCR_repetition_error This alarm is raised if the spacing between two
consecutive PCR values is more than 40msec.
The condition can occur
When PCR packets get lost or when PCR packets
are not present at a sufficient rate.