CableLabs Shows ‘Tools’ at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo

CableLabs will join with the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) to host a booth featuring a number of operational tools and support software at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in New Orleans, October 20-22.
Co-sponsored with SCTE, the 600-square-foot showcase will contain exhibits of CableLabs-generated technology demonstrations, including:?Proactive Network Maintenance – The demo will focus on the use of pre-equalization data and network topology information for fault localization and troubleshooting of cable plant problems proactively.

• ?EYES Tool – The Examine Your Edge System (EYES) tool provides visibility into cable system metadata. It parses and displays SI, XAIT, guide data, DSG tunnels, etc. EYES can be used by MSOs to troubleshoot configuration and network problems, as well as visualize network health at the packet-level.
• Tru2way Software Development Kit (SDK) – The tru2way SDK is an integrated development environment (IDE) for developing tru2way applications on a PC platform. The application developer can develop and test OCAP applications while sitting at a PC without the need for an OCAP-compliant set-top box or cable plant network.
• ?Wi-Fi Gateway Management (GW) –The Wi-Fi GW Management demo will highlight configuration and performance reports designed for efficient cable operator Wi-Fi deployments, while enabling support for advanced customer care services. Wi-Fi management for a variety of public, enterprise, and residential deployments scenarios will be demonstrated with the support of suppliers ClearAccess and NETGEAR. Wi-Fi GW management technology by MSOs and CableLabs should enable consumers to easily manage the proliferation of Wi-Fi capable devices in the home or office.?
• SCTE 130 Emulator – The demo has two components aimed at promoting broad adoption of an MSO-defined interoperable subset of the SCTE-130 standard. The first is technology for managing a well-defined subset of the very large number of possible SCTE-130 messages. The second is a lightweight software emulator for any SCTE-130 component that is capable of exchanging and verifying specific messages of the subset.
• EARS Tool – The ETV Activity Reporting System (EARS) is a platform for ETV monitoring and reporting that gives a real-time view of EISS signaling, EBIF applications, and data resources. EARS can monitor ETV in video streams at multiple points in the head end, as well as at the edge of a plant, and it notifies users of anomalies in the ETV signaling.
• ?CableLabs AdLab and Canoe Innovation Lab – The CableLabs AdLab and the Canoe Innovation Lab have been created to help evolve SCTE 130-based dynamic ad insertion capability. Find out more about dynamic ad insertion using SCTE 130 standards and how to participate in the labs.
• ?EBIF Awareness: CableLabs will be educating the conference audience about the EBIF Awareness Initiative. EBIF (Enhanced Binary Interchange Format) is an interactive television (ITV) standard that is targeted to reach 25 million households by the end of 2010. We will be showcasing www.ebif.tv, a website which explains the EBIF platform, contains developer tools and highlights recent EBIF deployment success stories.?