THOMSON Amethyst III - System Applications; Device Redundancy

Chapter 1 ’Overview’ — System Applications
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System Applications
Amethyst III is intended to protect Digital TV network, for applications
requiring fast and efficient 1 + 1 Transport Stream redundancy in various
architecture models:
 Full ASI architectures
 Full IP architectures
Device Redundancy
Amethyst III can protect:
 ASI single- or multi-output devices.
Up to 4 [1 + 1] ASI Inputs can be managed.
Figure 1-6. System application: up to 4 [1 + 1] ASI single-output devices redundancy