About: Cobalt Digital 9978-ANC-MON

Cobalt Digital 9978-ANC-MON 3G/HD/SD-SDI Ancillary Data Monitoring Probe with Multiple-Protocol Data Payload SDI/HDMI Display and Fault Detection/Forwarding provides an easy to use, economical solution that offers comprehensive ancillary data monitoring/”probing” to validate and ensure expected presence and handling of ancillary data in SDI streams.

Cobalt Digital 9978-ANC-MON is an economical openGear-based solution that monitors and shows status in “plain language” on-screen overlays. The 9978-ANC-MON user interface is designed from the ground up to be used by everyday operations personnel and not just engineers. The status burn-in overlay is available on the card SDI output as well as a convenience HDMI output that can be directly connected to a wall monitor. In addition to its user interface, the 9978-ANC-MON can integrate with automation systems via its serial, GPIO, IP and SNMP interfaces.

Easy to use, economical, space-saving solution for comprehensive ancillary data monitoring/”probing”
“Plain language” easy to understand status burn-in overlay displayed along with program video makes status monitoring easy. HDMI output allows use with standard consumer monitor panels.
Quality Check provides immediate alert status for quality issues such as black/frozen frame or audio silence. Threshold and hold-off are user configurable.
On-screen presence/absence of selected DID/SDIDs
Fully flexible and configurable with user presets to simplify setup
Closed Captioning, SCTE 104, AFD, and 608-XDS monitoring and payload interpret
Full status forwarding to automated systems using serial, GPIO, IP, and SNMP interfaces
Audio level bars display and LKFS numeric display
DashBoard Output Preview function provides display of regularly-sampled screen captures in the card DashBoard page. Provides remote-access program video content/presence confidence monitoring via the card’s DashBoard display without needing collocation with the card or its input or output video signals.
Low-power/high-density design – less than 18 Watts per card
Remote control/monitoring via Dashboard™ software or OGCP-9000 remote control panels
Five year warranty