Product Focus: Model 2721 Portable Real-Time Multiband Recording and Playback Instrument
Features
- Lightweight: approximately 30 lbs
- High-performance Windows® workstation
- Two 14-bit 125 MHz A/Ds
- One 16-bit 500 MHz D/A
- Real-time sustained recording rates of up to 480 MB/sec
- Standard configuration with 3 TB of hot-swap storage to NTFS disk array
- RAID levels 0 ,1, 5 , 6, 10 and 50
- Windows SystemFlow® instrument software
- Complete GUI with Signal Viewer analysis tool that includes a virtual oscilloscope and spectrum analyzer
- DDC decimation and DUC interpolation range from 2 to 32,768
- 8 kHz to 60 MHz baseband record and playback signal bandwidths
- Ideal for communications, radar, wireless, SIGINT, telecom and satcom
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General Information
The Pentek RTS 2721 is a turnkey, multiband recording and playback instrument that allows the user to record and reproduce high-bandwidth signals with a lightweight, portable package. The instrument provides sustained recording and playback rates of up to 480 MB/sec in a dual-channel system and is ideal for the user who requires both portability and power in a recording system.
The RTS 2721 is supplied in a small footprint portable package measuring only 16.9" W x 9.5" D x 13.4" H and weighing just 30 pounds. With measurements similar to a small briefcase, this portable workstation includes a quad-core Xeon processor, a high-resolution 17" LCD monitor, and a high-performance SATA RAID controller.
The heart of the RTS 2721 is the Pentek Model 7641-420 multiband transceiver which includes recently introduced A/D and D/A converters, DDCs (digital downconverters), DUCs (digital upconverters), and complementary FPGA IP cores. This architecture allows the system engineer to take full advantage of the latest technology in a turnkey instrument.
SystemFlow Software
Fully supported by Pentek’s SystemFlow Recording Software, the RTS 2721 features a Windows-based GUI (graphical user interface) that provides a simple means to configure and control the instrument. Custom configurations can be stored as profiles and later loaded when needed, allowing the user to select preconfigured settings with a single click.
SystemFlow also includes signal viewing and analysis tools, that allow the user to monitor the signal prior to, during, and after a recording session. These tools include a virtual oscilloscope and a virtual spectrum analyzer.
Built on a Windows XP Professional workstation, the instrument allows the user to install post-processing and analysis tools to operate on the recorded data. The RTS 2721 records data to the native NTFS file system that provides immediate access to the recorded data. Data can be offloaded via the hot-swap SATA disks, by gigabit Ethernet or USB 2.0.
Flexible Architecture
Pentek’s portable multiband recorder provides a flexible architecture that is easily customized to meet the user’s needs. Multiple RAID levels, including 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and 50, provide a choice for the level of redundancy that’s required. Total drive capacity is scalable up to 4.8 TB using as many as 14 hot-swap SATA drives.
The system supports simultaneous recording of one or two wideband A/D or multiband DDC channels. The analog output allows a single recorded signal to be reproduced as either a baseband signal or an upconverted IF signal. With its wide range of programmable decimation and interpolation factors, the system supports signal bandwidths from 8 kHz to 60 MHz.
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