Multidyne® - Innovations and Excellence in Television Testing, Distribution, Routing, Fiber Optics and HDTV

Fiber Optics Transport Systems
Designed to ease the engineering and financial difficulties associated with the migration to DTV. An economical solution for the coaxial and fiber optic transport and distribution of virtually any digital signal from DC to 1.5 Gbps. Supported standards include SMPTE 259M Serial Digital Interfaces (SDI), 4:2:2 Component and Wide Screen, 540Mbps 4:4:4:4, Sonet/SDH and ATM. Mix and match analog and digital distribution and fiber optic transport in the same tray. Cards are available for the
UTIL-200 and UTIL-200-FIBER Utility Trays. The standard power supply PS-200-AC has a universal input voltage range from 85 to 265 VAC. No need to set voltage selector switches; simply plug in and forget. The 48 VDC power supply PS-200-48VDC has an input voltage range from 36 to 60 VDC. Ideal for Telephone Company central office applications. Two redundant power supplies with external alarm relay contacts and front panel LED indicators for each power supply are included. Designed and manufactured in the U. S. A.
Designed to ease the engineering and financial difficulties associated with the migration to HDTV. An economical solution for the fiber optic transport of 19.4 Mbps to 1.5 Gbps HDTV signals. Supports the SMPTE 292M 1.485 Gbps standard. Supports the SMPTE 259M standards with operation from 143Mbps - 360Mbps. Supports the SMPTE 310M 19.4Mbps, M2S or DVB-ASI 270Mbps, SMPTE 344M 540Mbps and SMPTE 305M SDTi rates. The system is available stand-alone or rack-mount for Multimode and Singlemode applications. The units operate from 110 or 220 VAC using a wall-mount supply or from 12 VDC battery. Applications include links from studio to transmitter (STL), studio to studio, studio to CATV head-end, distance learning, field and sporting production and back-haul feeds. Designed and manufactured in the U. S. A.
Transport RGB, XVGA, SVGA and UXGA signals plus various configurations of H and V sync over ONE fiber.1900 x 1600 @ 75 Hz. CWDM 18 Channels of RGB/UXGA on one fiber, RGB-5000-FTX-7-xxxx. Daisy-chain or Drop and Repeat one UXGA Source to Multiple Monitors, RGB-5000-FTX/FRX-DC. Ethernet & Data option available, RGB-5000-FRX/FRX-ET. Lower Cost, RGB/SXGA on ONE fiber, RGB-5000-SXGA. Integrated Stereo Audio option available. Keyboard, Mouse and Audio support available with KMA-2000-FMX. System has loop-through HD15 inputs and one HD15 output. Fully Automatic, no user adjustments or external computer calibration and set-up. The transmitter and receiver pairs are self calibrating and adjusting to account for varying H and V scan rates and resolution. Manual adjustments are not necessary and shall not be needed. The system will lock instantly and automatically to changes in video format and resolution.
Transport up to 32 video and 128 audio channels in ONE RU with a maximum of more than 768 channels using ONE tactical cable. Modular in design, available with a 4 slot, 1 RU Tray or a 10 slot, 3 RU Tray. The DVM-8200 card supports 8 Video and 32 Audio with selectable Microphone and Line levels. The DVM-4200 card supports 4 Video and 16 Audio with selectable Microphone and Line levels. The DIM-8200 card supports 2 Bi-directional Intercom 2 & 4 wire, 8 Sony and 8 Ikegami Control Channels, 8 Tally, 2 RS232 Data Channels and 2 Telephone Lines. 10 Bit Video with a Signal to Noise ratio greater than 67 dB and a Signal to Quantizing Noise ratio 69 dB. Video Bandwidth of 6.5 MHz for support of NTSC, PAL, SECAM and video with diplexed audio carriers at 4.5 MHz, 5.8 MHz and 6.4 MHz
Exceeds RS-250C medium-haul and Professional Video specifications. 9 Bit Video with a Signal to Noise ratio greater than 64 dB and a Signal to Quantizing Noise ratio of 64 dB.Video Bandwidth of 8 MHz for support of NTSC, PAL, SECAM and video with diplexed audio carriers at 4.5 MHz, 5.8 MHz and 6.4 MHz. Differential Gain and Phase of 2% and 1°, respectively. Video Gain and 1000 feet cable equalization adjustments for the input and output. 24 Bit Audio flat from 20 to 20K Hz, S/N greater than 90 dB and THD less than 0.05%. Video, Audio and Optical front panel status indicators with dry alarm relay contacts. Coarse Wave-division Multiplexing (CWDM) systems are available for up to 8 wavelengths over ONE optical fiber.
Complies with IEEE 802.3 standard . Supports network traffic at a rate of 10Mbps. 10M/100M and full/half duplex automatically configure. Multiple optical wavelength and fiber cable options . Wide operating temperture range, 0 to +70 degrees C . Easy installation.
Low noise high linearity Ortel cooled DFB laser. GaAs Technology up to 1000MHz (typical 862MHz. RF power digital automatic process technology control the laser driving RF power level automatically, according to RF signal level and channels, ensuring the best C/N, CTB and CSO. Excellent pre-distortion technology improves CTB, CSO and C/N. Built-in microprocessor accurately monitor laser output power and temperature.. Front panel VFD displays the status parameters and function message. 19" 1U standard rack with RS485 and RS232 ports for remote monitor and control. SNMP network management optional. RoHS compatible.

Multidyne has introduced the ODA-4000 Series of Optical Distribution Amplifiers and Wavelength Re-mappers. The unit permits the replication and regeneration of one digital fiber optic signal into as many as four different fiber optic signals. One fiber optic source can be Multicast to four destinations. A 1 by 1 bi-directional version will. The input and output ports can be configured independently. All ports are available for Multimode, Singlemode and CWDM for 850, 1310, 1470, 1490, 1510, 1530, 1550, 1570, 1590 and 1610 nm wavelengths. Stand-alone and Rack-mount versions are available.

The MULTIDYNE fiber optic product line is available with Coarse Wave-division Multiplexing technology. For applications in metropolitan areas or for long-haul feeds, the more bandwidth available per fiber the higher the return on investment. It is less expensive to add an additional wavelength than it is to install another fiber. The increase in bandwidth is up to 8 times. Advances in laser and thin film technology have made it economically possible to provide more than 1 or 2 wavelengths per optical fiber. We can now multiplex 4 or 8 wavelengths on a single fiber. Just about every Multidyne fiber optic product is available with an option for a CWDM compliant laser. The supported wavelengths include 1470, 1490, 1510, 1530, 1550, 1570, 1590 and 1610 nano-meters. Multidyne offers 4 and 8 channel Mux and Demux modules for CWDM applications. Add and Drop Mux and Demux modules are also available.
Fiber Optic Cable and Accessories
Custom military grade, tactical fiber optic cable assemblies with up to 12 fibers. Delphi-Packard Hughes Hermaphroditic, US Army TFOCA II® or ITT Industries Cannon FOMC multi-channel tactical fiber optic connectors. Standard lengths include 500, 1000 and 2000 feet. Custom lengths available. Crush-resistant and resilient with a thick layer of Aramid Strength Members. Polyurethane jacketed for abrasion, cut and chemical resistance. Re-enforced Kevlar jacket strong enough to withstand the weight of a truck. Interfaces available for the complete MULTIDYNE fiber optic product line. Ideal for temporary field production, ENG, sporting events and military operations.
Twisted Pair and Cat 5 Transport Systems
Transport video up to 4000 feet using Category 5 and Twisted Pair cable. Automatic video Gain adjustment to 1 Volt peak to peak with 100 IRE maximum luminance peak.
Automatic flatness Equalization for more than 4000 feet of Category 5 and Twisted Pair cable.Miniature transmitter unit with a 75 Ohm BNC video input and a balanced differential screw terminal output. Receiver unit has a high impedance, screw terminal, differential input and up to 8 BNC outputs with source terminations of 75 Ohms. Back-porch clamp with up to 60 Vp-p hum cancellation. Video present LED indicator.
Optical & Electrical Routing Switchers

The Fiber Optical Switcher revolutionizes how video is distributed and managed. The FOS is based on sate-of-the-art field proven photonic switching technology. Laser light is switched in a pure optical format, without electrical conversion, allowing the FOS to support transparent connections compatible with any video or data format including uncompressed HD video at 1.5 Gbps. Also, since the switching is done optically, the FOS eliminates video degradation. With a traditional electrical switcher, Electrical to Optical (EO) and Optical to Electrical (OE) conversions are required which cause signal degradation and jitter.

Our EOS-4000 switch is a versatile, multipurpose, non-blocking, transparent switch that provides high-speed switching between ports with minimal effect on overall network latency. The EOS4000 series is capable of switching digital signals up to 4.25 Gbps with any of its 144 ports, all in a compact 4U chassis. The EOS-4000 is designed to accept up to three modular port cards with up to forty-eight Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) transceiver modules per port card. Each SFP transceiver module provides the physical ports for one input-output pair. Different types of SFP transceivers support a variety of network configurations. The EOS-4000 comes equipped with hot swappable power supplies, fans and port cards to allow users to quickly replace parts without affecting system investigate performance. A CompactFlash module acts as the unit’s disk drive for the controller’s CPU and is capable of being swapped out as well. The EOS-4000’s controlling software and non-volatile configuration data resides on the module.
Vertical interval switching of 1 video and up to 3 audio channels with a 10 by 1 matrix. Includes 1 video and 2 audio break-aways. Clamped video inputs and output. 30 MHz video bandwidth, ideal for HDTV, NTSC, PAL and SECAM video signals. Front panel video and audio gain adjustments. Loop-through video inputs, 4 video outputs and optional audio interface panel for XLR connectors. 3 LED VU meters, one for each audio channel (optional). Internal 12 Watt audio power amplifier to selectively monitor the Left, Right, Left + Right and Auxiliary audio channels with a Push Button Volume Control. An external speaker can be connected to the audio monitor output (optional). The VAS-1000 is available as video only or as an audio only routing switcher
Distribution Amplifiers and AGC's
The new VAGC-100 and VAGC-200 automatically maintain video level at 1 Volt peak to peak with 100 IRE maximum luminance peak. The units provide automatic flatness equalization for more than 3500 feet of Belden 8281 and more than 3000 feet of Belden RG59U to within +/-0.05dB at 5MHz; supports two switch selectable cable types (Belden 8281 and RG59U typical)
  • Designed to ease the engineering and financial difficulties associated with the migration to DTV.
  • An economical solution for the coaxial and fiber optic transport and distribution of virtually any digital signal from DC to 1.5 Gbps.
  • Supported standards include SMPTE 259M Serial Digital Interfaces (SDI), 4:2:2 Component and Wide Screen, 540Mbps 4:4:4:4, Sonet/SDH and ATM.
  • Mix and match analog and digital distribution and fiber optic transport in the same tray. Cards are available for the
    UTIL-200 and UTIL-200-FIBER Utility Trays.

Video and Audio Remote Controller, address each tray and card on TCP/IP network. Includes a keypad to address each channel with a display showing status and selection for control. Includes Video Gain and Chroma Gain knobs with Enable and Unity buttons, includes 6 Audio Gain knobs for L1, R1, Both L1& R1, L2, R2 and Both L2 & R2 with an audio enable and unity button for each group.
Test Signal Generators and Loss Detectors
The innovative TS12 offers up to 12 precision test signals, a dedicated black burst output, character and spoken audio source ID and stereo audio tone in a handheld or rack-mounted package. The NTSC test signals include SMPTE Color Bars, FCC Multiburst, Multipulse, 5 MHz Line Sweep, NTC-7 Composite and Combination plus many others. The character generator produces 16 battery-backed messages of 32 characters each. The balanced stereo audio generator provides 3 frequencies of tone with a right channel ID and a Lip-sync audio and video synchronizing signal.
Video & Audio Source Identifications
15 column by 7 row upper and lower case alpha-numeric character generation. Switch selectable A/B input for program video and test signals. Switch selectable bypass of program video and power failure bypass. 15 character Vertical Interval Identification for a hidden ID. Store 16 pages of text in memory with a battery back-up. Optional audio tone and sweep generator with audio ID tones and Lip-sync. Optional time and date display and count-down with audio beeps.
XLR Break-out Panel
Adapt the 25 pin D-connectors of the full line of Leitch Routing Switchers to XLR connectors using the MULTIDYNE AIA-8X8 XLR Break-out Panel and two ribbon cables. Each adapter breaks out 8 audio inputs and 8 audio outputs into a one rack-unit panel of 16 XLR connectors. The pin outs of all the Leitch routing Switchers are the same. The adapter panels will work with a 8 by 1 up to a 64 by 64 routing switcher.


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