Portable recorder supports host of sFPDP operation modes

19th January 2015

Pentek Inc

Mick Elliott

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Pentek has added the Model RTR 2736A multi-channel Serial FPDP (sFPDP) rugged portable recorder to its Talon family. It is suitable for military and aerospace, radar, and communications applications. The recorder is capable of capturing up to 8 Serial FPDP data streams in real time to solid state drives (SSD).

It fully complies with the VITA 17.1 specification and additionally supports sFPDP baud rates up to 4.25 Gbaud, making it an ideal upgrade to existing systems. The new Talon portable chassis for the recorder boasts a smaller footprint that is lighter in weight, and provides double the storage capacity, number of channels and the recording rates of previous generation of Talon portable recorders. It also supports AC and DC power options.

The recorder supports different sFPDP modes of operation including copy mode, flow control, CRC and copy loop. Options for copper and multi-mode or single-mode optical interfaces make it compatible with virtually any existing sFPDP system.

It includes a high-performance PCIe Gen. 3 SATA III RAID controller capable of streaming contiguous data to disk in real time at aggregate rates up to 3.2 GB/sec. The hot-swappable SSD array is available in 1.9 TB to 15.3 TB configurations and supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, or 6.

“Our first generation of sFPDP recorder products have been a big hit with our customers. We’re very excited to provide a portable system with twice the storage capacity and speed of the previous generation,” said Chris Tojeira, Recording Systems Director for Pentek. ”By using the standard NTFS file system, our customers enjoy instant access to recorded files. This saves hours of file conversion required in competing recorders,” he added.

The instrument features a portable, lightweight, briefcase style housing measuring 16.0in W x 6.9in D x 13.0in H and weighing just less than 30 pounds. The rugged workstation is reinforced with shock absorbing rubber corners and an impact-resistant protective glass for its high resolution 17in LCD monitor. Hot swappable solid-state drives exhibit high immunity to shock and vibration for full operation in ground vehicles, ships and aircraft.

The recorder has an 18 to 36 VDC power supply option for vehicle-powered applications, eliminating the bulk and cost of a dedicated power converter. Optional GPS time and position stamping is available.

Available I/O includes audio and VGA video, six USB 2.0 ports, two USB 3.0 ports and dual Gigabit Ethernet connections.