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ATLAS NG: The ATSC 3.0 and DVB universal broadcast analyzer
ATLAS NG is a multipurpose NextGen TV ATSC 3.0 and DVB analyzer which includes 5G and covers the most stringent requirements for broadcast professionals, with ST 2110 protocol support (optional). DVB-S2x, IPTV, Fiber optics, 3G-SDI, Transport stream ASI, Wi-Fi… all checked!
The ATLAS NG is the global solution for broadcast signal analysis, from traditional broadcasting to IP production environments. Thanks to its powerful 6 GHz spectrum analyzer and its ability to decode 4K video in H.265, this equipment unifies the versatility of a multi-standard platform with an intuitive multi-touch interface.
A field meter and signal analyzer with advanced IP protocol analysis, including SMPTE ST 2110, SRT, and NDI. Its hybrid architecture allows for monitoring SDI streams, IPTV, and high-speed networks, ensuring service continuity in live productions and complex All-IP environments.
More than a TV analyzer, it is an analysis ecosystem for the broadcast world designed to be used anywhere in the world. From ATSC 3.0 standard validation to remote management and monitoring over the Internet, the ATLAS NG combines power, simplicity, and exceptional connectivity.
For production and contribution environments
3G-SDI compatible: The broadcast ally
It includes an SDI test pattern generator to check communication systems when no real signal is available or when troubleshooting. It is compatible with the SDI formats used in most scenarios (SD-SDI, HD-SDI, and 3G-SDI) with data rates of up to 3 Gbps.
The ATLAS NG can display video and up to 16 simultaneous audio channels. By using the eye diagram representation, the quality of the analyzed signals can be verified. Optionally, it allows for the analysis and generation of SDI signals up to 3 Gbps over fiber optic.
An ST2110 portable protocol analyzer
The transition to IP environments demands new analysis tools to ensure service continuity in live productions. The ATLAS NG enables on-site analysis of the ST2110 network architecture, verifying the audio flows and the video flows, and validating PTP clock reception.
With the ATLAS NG, professionals have at their disposal a portable IP network analysis and monitoring system that allows them to troubleshoot key points of the IP network more quickly.
Transport stream analysis from any signal source
The ATLAS NG analysis engine breaks down all PSI/SI table data on-screen, presenting bitrates dynamically for each service and content type in real-time. Thanks to the integration of TR 101 290 alarms (Priorities 1, 2, and 3), the broadcast engineer can detect and diagnose anomalies before they affect the transmission.
The transport stream analyzer is compatible with RF, IPTV, OTT, and fibre optic signal sources. It even supports transport stream files pre-recorded in the ATLAS NG memory.
For on-site live production
Added value for OB Van field technicians
With a 4-hour battery life and global compatibility with TV standards and broadcast technologies (from RF to IP, including streaming protocols such as NDI or SRT), the ATLAS NG ensures rapid and secure deployment in any live production scenario.
The universal platform: From RF to Fiber Optics and ST 2110
In today’s hybrid ecosystem, OB vans demand versatility that goes beyond radiofrequency. The ATLAS NG centralizes global signal analysis on a single platform: from RF and SDI to fiber optics, IPTV, and the ST 2110 standard.
Available in a 19” rack-mountable format
The 19” 1U rack version of the ATLAS NG expands the equipment's capabilities, enabling continuous monitoring of all signals involved in the live production process within an Outside Broadcast (OB) van.
By sharing the same technology and low-power philosophy as the portable model, it ensures accurate measurements without significantly increasing the system's power demand. It monitors broadcast, IP, or streaming signal flows via its webserver and displays results in real-time on a monitor via HDMI.
DVB-S2x compatible
The superior spectral efficiency of the DVB-S2x standard facilitates the transmission of UHD/4K content with optimized bandwidth. ATLAS NG compatibility with DVB-S2x ensures that technicians can validate next-generation satellite links with maximum reliability.
A comprehensive broadcast signal analyzer
It can be used anywhere in the world
The ATLAS NG features built-in compatibility to display and analyze most standards used in every country. Second-generation DVB, digital radio DAB and DAB+, ISDB-T, and optionally ATSC and ATSC 3.0. Unprecedented multi-standard compatibility that makes the ATLAS NG the global solution for identifying, troubleshooting, and preventing problems in terrestrial, satellite, and cable broadcasting.
MER as you have never analyzed it before
With the MER by carrier function, the equipment analyzes all the carriers of a digital signal one by one (not just the average MER), helping you to discover sources of invisible interference.
Not enough? With the merogram graph, you can view the MER by carrier over time to reveal the presence of sporadic and irregular interference.
Approved for ATSC 3.0 deployment by MSW
The Meintel, Sgrignoli, and Wallace laboratories have subjected the ATLAS NG’s ATSC 3.0 decoding capabilities to rigorous performance testing with a variety of single and multiple PLP configurations, TDM, LDM, and format combinations, with the goal of simulating diverse real-world broadcasting conditions, while adhering at all times to the recommendations of ATSC A/327.
Shoulder attenuation measurement
Following the analog switch-off, the 100% digital broadcasting world faces scenarios where a faulty amplifier can cause a digital channel to spill over beyond its assigned bandwidth. Broadcast engineers need to evaluate these unwanted components with the Shoulder attenuation measurement, such as the one included as standard in the ATLAS NG.
An advanced DAB and DAB+ digital radio analyzer
An option that goes beyond the standard integrated digital radio decoding in the ATLAS NG, incorporating exclusive tools such as ETI recording, the DAB TII graph with PRBS packet presentation, and the display of slideshow images that some broadcasters send to complement their audio services.
... It also adds DAB and DAB+ support to other tools such as the echo analyzer, the constellation diagram, and MER per carrier.
5G/4G option for the ATLAS NG
The 5G/4G option for the ATLAS NG adds scanning and analysis functions that cover the entire FR1 band, allowing the auditing of 4G and 5G infrastructures to detect interferences between mobile and satellite systems. Thanks to its Dual SIM connectivity, the device registers directly onto different operators' networks to perform coverage studies, performance analysis, and real-time benchmarking.
This solution breaks down essential professional 4G and 5G network metrics such as RSRP, RSRQ, RSSI, and SINR. With these data in hand, engineers can audit connection stability and optimize user response times and throughput rates.
Dynamic Echoes Analyzer
An invaluable tool for reducing the negative effects of terrestrial broadcast signal reflections on reception quality. The dynamic echo analyzer helps to determine the optimal location and orientation of the receiving antenna.
It includes echo distance calculation to identify the specific objects and geographical features causing the reflection.
Coverage analysis with GPS
A versatile and competitive option for auditing and mapping TV and radio transmitter coverage (FM, DAB, or DAB+), generating Google Earth files directly on a USB drive from the ATLAS NG itself, or creating advanced maps with our free KML Generator software. Reduce investment and maximize efficiency by benefiting from the ATLAS NG universal analysis platform philosophy.
For professional satellite environments
Remote control and monitoring via Internet
The webControl feature offers total device control over the Internet —just like having it right in your hands!
For teleports: Beyond L-band
The spectral analysis of the ATLAS NG exceeds L-band limits with an extended bandwidth up to 6 GHz. It combines the power of a broadcast analyzer with the precision of a professional spectrum analyzer, offering configurable markers and advanced measurements such as channel power, adjacent channel power, and occupied bandwidth.
Remotely operated rack-mounted equipment
The 19” 1U rack version of the ATLAS NG is designed for seamless integration into technical equipment rooms. A solution that allows engineers to monitor, analyze, and diagnose critical signals in real-time from any point on the LAN or via the Internet—an agile way to supervise and ensure the operational status of satellite teleports.
Compatible with new optical LNBs, Wideband, and DiSEqC, SATCR, Unicable, Unicable II protocols
The ATLAS NG simplifies the complexity of modern teleports by offering native compatibility with Wideband LNBs and optional fiber optic LNBs, ensuring agile and precise supervision of the entire infrastructure.
Integrated Common Interface slot
The slot for CAM modules makes it possible to validate the reception of encrypted services in satellite, cable, or terrestrial television networks. By using the Common Interface module and the corresponding Smart Card, it is possible to certify the reception of pay-TV channels under real-world conditions.
For IP-based production environments
ATLAS NG is available in an exclusive version for IP production
Designed exclusively for the All-IP ecosystem, the ATLAS IP optimizes the ATLAS NG architecture by avoiding the costs associated with RF processing. It stands out for its diagnostic capabilities for the SMPTE ST 2110 protocol (validating PTP sync, video flows, and audio flows), along with advanced tools for IPTV, SDI, ASI-TS, SRT, and OTT.
A monitoring platform for All-IP environments
Beyond IP analysis, the ATLAS NG’s diagnostic capability unifies the monitoring of SDI signals, professional audio, and network latency into a single device. Simplify your workflows with a portable, intuitive platform ready for the future of All-IP technology.
Streaming analyzer for SRT, NDI, DASH and more protocols
The PROMAX ATLAS NG universal analyzer is equipped with a powerful streaming analysis mode that integrates SRT standard reception in caller, listener, and rendezvous modes. A tool capable of monitoring more than 12 metrics in real time (including latency, RTT, NACK packets, and Transport Stream analysis), ensuring stable and error-free transmissions.
Additionally, it offers a complete IPTV multicast/unicast mode that evaluates jitter and inter-packet arrival time, establishing itself as the definitive ally for demanding broadcast engineers.
Outstanding features
The 4K analyzer for all production and transmission stages
The ATLAS NG is the global solution that unifies all the power of the ATLAS IP with a 6 GHz RF spectrum analyzer with multi-standard support for TV systems and modulations. It can be used anywhere in the world.
It natively decodes 4K video without the need for installing options. It includes the H.265 codec and 10-bit color depth, ensuring maximum compatibility with all modern and future transmission systems.
15 input and output ports
The ATLAS NG is ready for any traditional, hybrid, or IP broadcast environment. From its universal RF input up to 6 GHz (supporting 5G, ATSC 3.0, and DVB) to its 10G SFP+ port for native analysis of high-speed networks and IP protocols such as SMPTE ST 2110. It includes SDI input and output interfaces, ASI-TS, independent Gigabit Ethernet for remote control and IPTV, and HDMI output.
It optionally includes a dual-SIM port for 5G and 4G mobile network analysis.
6 GHz Spectrum Analyzer with Enhanced UX
Thanks to ultra-fast digital processing and editable markers, you will visualize every signal detail instantly and without lag. The multi-touch screen transforms the spectrum analyzer into a surprisingly fluid, agile, and intuitive experience.
Equip yourself with a field strength meter that covers S and C bands, where a growing number of technologies are fiercely competing for bandwidth: Satellite teleports, Radars, VSAT base station networks, terrestrial microwave links, wireless broadband networks (LTE, Wi-Max, 5G...).
Why choose between power and simplicity?
Thanks to a multi-touch interface based on intuitive icons and clear text, the learning curve disappears. Arrange panels on the screen to create the workflow that suits your working scenario.
A multilingual ecosystem (English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese...) designed to maximize productivity.
A Wi-Fi analyzer to see what apps cannot
The ATLAS NG goes far beyond conventional Wi-Fi analysis applications: View the real spectrum, revealing interference and hidden noise sources that other tools are unable to detect.
As standards evolve toward higher frequencies and more complex transmission schemes, and bands become saturated with active transmitters, the wideband Wi-Fi analyzer in the ATLAS NG provides a strategic advantage.
Datalogger with direct PDF output
An integrated assistant for logging and managing data, measurement by measurement and channel by channel, simplifying the certification of installations. Generate technical reports in PDF directly from the meter and export them to a USB memory drive. With the ATLAS NG, generating documentation is faster and more efficient.
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 ATLAS NG |
 ATLAS IP |
 TV EXPLORER NG |
 RANGER Neo 3 |
 RANGER Neo 2 |
 RANGER Neo + |
 RANGER Neo Lite |
 HD RANGER ECO |
 HD RANGER UltraLite |
 TVHUNTER+ |
 SATHUNTER+ |
| DIGITAL BROADCAST STANDARDS | |||||||||||
| DVB-T/T2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | (by version) | |
| DVB-T2 Lite | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| DVB-S/S2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| DVB-S2 Multistream | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| DVB-S2x | optional | optional | optional | ||||||||
| DSS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| ISDB-T/Tb | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | (by version) | |||
| ATSC | ✓ | ✓ | optional | ATSC version | ATSC version | ATSC version | |||||
| ATSC 3.0 | ✓ | ✓ | optional | ||||||||
| ACM / VCM / CCM | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| MPEG-TS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| DVB-T2-MI | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| BROADCAST FUNCTIONS | |||||||||||
| RF spectrum analyzer range | 5 MHz to 3 GHz | 5 to 2150 MHz | 5 to 2500 MHz | 5 to 2500 MHz | 5 to 2500 MHz | 5 to 2500 MHz | 5 to 2150 MHz | 5 to 2150 MHz | 170 to 850 MHz (tuner only) | 950 to 2150 MHz (tuner only) | |
| Advanced DAB/DAB+ analyzer | optional | optional | optional | optional | |||||||
| Advanced FM analyzer | optional | optional | optional | optional | |||||||
| T2-MI and Network delay margin (DVB) | advanced | basic | |||||||||
| Wideand LNB compatibility (wbLNB) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Echoes analysis (DVB-T/T2/C2, ISDB-T) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Constellation diagram | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Spectrogram | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Heat map spectrum analyzer mode | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Merogram and MER by carrier (DVB-T2) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Shoulder attenuation measurement | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Blind scan | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Signal monitoring | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| GPS for drive test | ✓ | optional | ✓ | optional | optional | ||||||
| Jitter measurement | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| WIRELESS | |||||||||||
| 4G/5G cellular measurements (dual SIM slot) | optional | ||||||||||
| 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi analyzer | Access points and RF | Access points | Access points | Access points and RF | Access points and RF | Access points and RF | Access points and RF | ||||
| 5 GHz Wi-Fi analyzer | Access points and RF | Access points | Access points | Access points and RF (optional) | Access points and RF (optional) | Access points and RF (optional) | |||||
| 1.8 GHz LTE analyzer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| 2.6 GHz LTE analyzer | ✓ | optional | optional | optional | |||||||
| OPTICAL | |||||||||||
| Non-Selective Optical power meter | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Selective optical power meter | optional | optional | optional | optional | optional | ||||||
| Optical to RF converter | optional | optional | optional | optional | |||||||
| IP & STREAMING PROTOCOLS | |||||||||||
| Optical ASI and SDI input/output | optional | optional | |||||||||
| OTT | Advanced | Advanced | Basic | Basic | Basic | Basic | |||||
| IPTV analyzer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| IPTV VLAN, Multistream multicast/unicast analysis | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| SMPTE ST-2110 protocol | optional | optional | |||||||||
| SRT protocol | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| SPECTRUM ANALYZER | |||||||||||
| Professional spectrum analyzer | 5 MHz to 6 GHz | ||||||||||
| 4 markers and traces | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Resolution filters: 100 kHz, 200 kHz, 1 MHz | ✓ | 100 kHz only | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 100 kHz only | ✓ | ||||
| Resolution filters: 2, 10, 20, 30, 40 kHz | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Occupied channel bandwidth measurement | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Adjacent channel power measurement | ✓ | ||||||||||
| DECODING | |||||||||||
| 4K decoder | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Frame grabber | Frame grabber | Frame grabber | Frame grabber | ||||
| H.265 decoder | 10-bit | 10-bit | 10-bit | 8-bit | 8-bit | 8-bit | 8-bit | ||||
| GENERAL | |||||||||||
| HDMI™ output | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Video/Audio input | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| HbbTV information | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| TS-ASI I/O and recording, TS analysis and recording | ✓ | ✓ | TS recording | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| SDI analyzer and generator | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Common interface (encrypted channels) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Touch screen | Multi-touch | Multi-touch | Multi-touch | Touch | Touch | Touch | Touch | ||||
| Battery time | > 4 h | > 4 h | > 4 h | > 4 h | > 4 h | > 4 h | > 2 h | > 2 h | > 2 h | 5 h | 80 min |
| webControl and Video/Audio Streaming | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| PSIP analysis and Closed Caption support | ✓ | ATSC version | |||||||||
| Soft carrying case | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hard transport case | ✓ | ✓ | optional | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
