TELEMETRIX 500 HIGH-RATE DIGITAL/ANALOG RECORDER SYSTEM (T500RX)
OVERVIEW
 The RT Logic Telemetrix® 500 High-Rate Digital/ Analog Recorder System (T500RX) accurately digitizes and stores digital or analog signals, and associated time, while maintaining Time-Data Correlation (TDC) for simultaneous or postprocessing replay. The T500RX supports aggregate recording and playback rates up to 1.6 Gbps, internal/external RAID-based disk storage systems, and/or tape backup systems. Leveraging RT Logic’s experience in end-to-end systems design, the T500RX offers a high density recording solution in a network-centric, open architecture platform.

APPLICATION
 Data recording is a ubiquitous requirement in defense and aerospace applications. Whether at the factory, test range, launch pad, or at deployed sites such as control centers and remote ground stations, the need for reliable recording at ever-increasing data rates is an established trend. The interoperable, standards-based T500RX recorder scales in channel configurations, storage capacity and capability to meet those growing user requirements.
ARCHITECTURE
 The T500RX synchronizes the input data streams with a digitized IRIG signal to provide precise correlation between the data streams and the digitized IRIG signal. Auto-detect of the input data rate and the automatic factoring out of input data rate jitter are major benefits of the T500RX. During playback, the T500RX faithfully reproduces the data and the regenerated IRIG signal at a data rate specified by the operator. An optional integrated BERT capability enables efficient system integration, test, and checkout.

The heart of the system is RT Logic’s firmware-based Digital Front-End Processor (DFP) technology. Digital signals – typically clock and data pairs - are directly input to the DFP’s flexible I/O subsystem. Analog signals of all types are digitized and the resulting clock and data pair are then input to the DFP’s I/O subsystem. The result is an elegant solution where all signal types are recorded and replayed by the T500RX using the same signal processing algorithms.

Aggregate recording rates of 1.6 Gbps and individual digital channel rates of 480 Mbps are supported. Flexible analog input options enable recording of baseband and IF bandwidths up to 10MHz and 20MHz (respectively).
FEATURES
High-Availability Platform - Hot-swappable Power Supplies and RAID Media

High-Rate Digital Or Analog Recording at 1.6 Gbps Aggregate

Simultaneous Record And Playback

Auto-detects Input Rates and Factors Out Jitter

Maintains Precise Time-Data Correlation, < 10nsec

Open File System Supports User-Access to Recorded Files:
  • Internal Storage Up To 3TB now (6TB soon)
  • Limitless Capacity With External Storage Systems Using SCSI, Fiber Channel, iSCSI or Network File Systems (NFS, SAMBA/CISF)
  • Supports RAID0, 1, 5, 10


 Multi-Channel Recording of Baseband and IF Signals Optional Integrated BERT

Example Application Interoperability and Compatibility:
  • CCSDS
  • IRIG 106 Chapter 10
  • AFSCN And USN Satellite TT&C:

- Compatible With AFSCN Receiver (DSP)
- Dibit, Encoded Binary, Ternary
- Decryptors/Encryptors (MYK, KI-17, Elwell, AES, Other
THE T500RX
DIFFERENCE


MODULAR
CUSTOMIZABLE
DESIGN
 The T500RX base system is a server-class PC running an Enterprise-class Linux OS with hot-swappable disk drives, dual hot-swappable power supplies, Intel Dual-Core CPU, dual Gb Ethernet ports, and RT Logic digital and analog DFP signal processing cards. It is available in 2U or 5U configurations, and mounts in a standard 19-inch rack.

Multiple I/O options are available including Analog, TTL, RS-422, ECL, LVPECL, and LVDS signal lines to support a wide variety of signal interfaces and data rates. Based on a non-proprietary, server-class PC architecture, customers benefit from the T500RX’s inherentability to track industry trends toward higher density storage and faster processing speed.

The T500RX is a high-performance, real-time, high-rate digital and analog recording system with dynamically reconfigurable algorithms. A wide range of firmware and software personality options are already developed and RT Logic is happy to discuss new personalities to meet new customer-specific requirements.
RELATED T500
PRODUCT FAMILY STANDARD CONFIGURATIONS
 The T500RX is just one member of the RT Logic T500 product family. All share the same COTS server-class base architecture and high-performance firmware-based DFP signal processing engine. Many of the features and capabilities of the different T500 system products can be combined to solve multiple requirements – for example:
  • Data recording with simultaneous transport of that data across TCP/IP-based networks and timedata correlated reproduction of that data at the remote site (T500RX and T500MX capabilities)
  • CCSDS SLE capabilities with real-time recording (T500GT and T500RX capabilities)
  • High-rate mission data recording with simultaneous distribution of that data to multiple networked consumer sites utilizing bandwidth-efficient standard protocols such as PGM or UDP/IP (T500RX and T500HR capbilities).
  • And many more applications.
SPECS
Performance
  • Per-channel Digital Data Rates Up To 480 Mbps
  • Analog Bandwidths of 10Mhz baseband and 20MHz IF
  • Up To 1.6 Gbps Aggregate Recording And Playback
Inputs/Outputs
  • Digital: RS-422, LVDS, and ECL input options
  • Analog: programmable input voltage range
Base System Platform
  • Server-Class PC running Enterprise Linux OS
  • Open File System
  • 6 or 10 Internal Disk Drives
  • Internal and External RAID Options
  • Dual 10/100/1000 Ethernet NICs
 Control And Monitoring
  • Application Client Objects
  • Java GUI
Dimensions
  • 2U Or 5U Rack-Mountable
  • Rear Rack I/O Panel
Power (Typical)
  • 110/220 VAC, 700 Watts
  • 50/60 Hz
Environmental
  • 10 °C To 35 °C
Regulatory
  • FCC
  • CE