Ineoquest Cricket
Video Quality Management and QoS Assurance from Video Source to SubscriberCricket Family
Coverage to the Subscriber
The Ineoquest Cricket® family extends the coverage of video quality management and service assurance from video source to subscriber. In the industry today, there is no tool available that has such a comprehensive feature set as the Ineoquest Cricket. It offers the most cost effective way to audit, monitor, analyse and troubleshoot across different video transport technologies. The Ineoquest Cricket family provides a means to connect to a wide variety of interfaces; ASI, IP, QAM, 8-VSB, and more.
Remote Troubleshooting
Multi-dimensional video quality management™ is a necessity in any digital video distribution network to help reduce operational expenses and improve subscriber experience through rapidly isolating and troubleshooting video quality issues. For video distribution networks, multi-dimensional video quality management can be achieved by using a combination of IneoQuest Cricket hardware probes, along with the iVMS® Video Management System.
Power in a Small Footprint
Because the Ineoquest Cricket is small and easy to deploy, it can be mailed overnight to the subscriber premise to automatically begin measuring and logging live video statistics remotely that are sent back to the iVMS Video Management System. In many cases, service providers can start measuring issues faster than it takes to issue a work order and “roll a truck.” Not only is the Ineoquest Cricket useful for last mile video quality management, the Ineoquest Cricket can also be used to troubleshoot issues at the video source.
Cricket Family of Products
 Video Headend Monitoring and Troubleshooting Tool for ASI interfaces |
 8-VSB Video Broadcast Monitoring and Troubleshooting Tool |
 Video Edge Monitoring and Troubleshooting Tool for 10/100 Ethernet Interfaces |
 QAM RF and MPEG Video Monitoring, Analysis, and Troubleshooting Tool |
 QAM RF and MPEG Video Monitoring, Analysis, and Troubleshooting Tool |
 Video Edge Monitoring and Troubleshooting Tool for 10/100 Ethernet Interfaces |
- Supports ASI, Ethernet, xDSL, QAM, QAM DVB-C, HPNA, Wi-Fi video transport technologies
- Front panel Visual Impairment andquot;VIandquot; button logs viewer feedback on video network issues
- Real-time MDI measurements of video flows
- Designed for low flow density
- Installs in-line (behind the STB)
- Emulates an end point
- Use for measurements with or without the STB
- Multicast Join and Leave built in
- Supports IGMP V2/V3
- 10/100MB Fast Ethernet
- USB connection for host control
- Supports iVMS
- Supports Unicast and/or Multicast Flows
- Supports SPTS and/or MPTS transport streams
- Supports the following encoding formats:
- MPEG2, H.264/MPEG-4 PART10, MPEG4_PART2, VC1, DCII, Docsis
- SD and HD
- Supports Video Capture
- Video record buffer
- Hardware Time Stamps and IP Encapsulation
- Customisable alarms
- Battery backed-up real-time clock
- Field upgradeable
- Based on existing IneoQuest software applications
- Rugged and lite, for shipping direct to subscriber premise
