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Compact Two-way IP based Video Streaming Platform

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Optibase MGW 230, the latest addition to Optibase's family of IP streaming gateways, is a compact, single-channel encoding, decoding and streaming platform that is ideal for IP streaming applications such as video contribution, corporate communications and video server upload.

With its small footprint and easy to set up operation, MGW 230 is also ideally suited for live and on-demand IP video streaming in education and training applications and high-end video monitoring solutions.

MGW 230 offers a user-friendly web-based control application for effortless management as well as a front panel display on the chassis that keeps you up to speed with encoding and streaming.

Instantaneous Video Communications

The MGW 230 combines ease-of-use with advanced features and top video quality, giving you all you need to set up a stable video over IP streaming solution. For full duplex communications, MGW 230 is available with a hardware decoder, which allows you to transmit and receive streams simultaneously. This configuration, combined with MGW 230's low latency feature, allows instantaneous two-way communications and video delivery.

Broadcast Standards

The MGW 230 transmits and receives live video that is transmitted over an IP network. It can encode a single live analog or SDI source in MPEG-2 or MPEG-1 and stream it in real- time over an IP network in multicast or unicast mode. MGW 230 also supports preview of the incoming stream.

The MGW 230 supports both the Session Announcement Protocol (SAP) and Session Description Protocol (SDP). This allows video channels streamed by the MGW 230 to automatically trigger the player, which lets you easily choose between live and scheduled programming. The MGW 230's traffic shaping mechanism optimizes bit-rates and video quality, enabling the best video quality over any IP network infrastructure.

Web-based Remote Management

The MGW 230's remote management enables the configuration, operation and monitoring of full duplex communications between two MGW 230 units. The MGW 230 also has a front panel display and keyboard for local status and setup.

• A single integrated box supports two-way communications – MPEG 2/1 transmit and receive
• Front panel LCD provides immediate status and setup information
• A single web-based management application controls all MGW 200 platforms used throughout the network (based on the familiar MGW 2000e management application)
• Encodes and streams in real-time, or encodes to a local storage disk for later streaming
• Compact and light-weight chassis makes it easy to mobilize wherever needed
• Streams over any IP network infrastructure
• Low latency between the encoder and the decoder
• Traffic shaping optimizes video quality at any connection speed

• Two-way video communications
• Live video streaming for e-learning and education
• Video-on-Demand (VOD) for training
• Video contribution between post production and broadcasting facilities
• Corporate communications
• High quality video surveillance

Width: 12.283” (312 mm); Depth: 11.889” (302 mm); Height: 1U-metal frame height for mounting (44 mm)
Weight: Up to 2.5 Kg (5.51 lbs)
Fans: Up to three fans, no more than 35 decibels each

Unit power input: DC 10-30V

Input: 90-130V, 180-260V auto range
Output: 19V / 8A
Operating Line Frequency: 47-63 Hz

Input/ Output Interfaces

Back Panel I/O

• Power switch
  
• Power Input, Power output (for connecting another unit to same power source) =
  
• 2 x network adapters; 1 x RS-232; 2 x USB 2.0
  

Video I/O

• NTSC/PAL
  
• Composite, SDI

 

Audio I/O

• Unbalanced (Input impedance 10kOhm)
  
• Balanced (Input impedance 600 Ohm)
  
• Digital AES EBU
  
  

 

Front Panel I/O

 

• LCD screen
  
• Power led

Environmental

Operating temperature: 5 - 45 C, 41 - 113 F
Storage temperature: -10 - 70 C, 14 - 158 F
EMC standards: CE Class B, FCC Class B, CSA Class- B

CE- LVD

 

• Web- based remote management application: Telnet for remote configuration Local configuration via RS- 232 port
  
  

 

• UDP Multicast/ Unicast; RTP Multicast/ Unicast; SAP RFC 2974; SDP RFC 232

Available Configurations

• MGW 230 Basic
  - Supports a single video input
  - Creates an MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 stream
  
• MGW 230 Basic Low Latency
  - Basic plus low latency streaming/support in addition to standard mode
  
• MGW 230 Duplex
  - Supports both encoding and decoding in a single chassis using analog interfaces
  - Provides low latency encoding support in addition to the standard mode
  
• MGW 230 SDI
  - Supports a single SDI video input
  - Creates an MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 stream
  
• MGW 230 Decoder
  - One MPEG-2 decoder