RDS (DARC) Network Server

Flensburg/Germany, December 01, 1999. By today, the 2wcom GmbH (former Wireless World GmbH Communication, WWCom) announces the availability of the high sophisticated network server OCTO for RDS and DARC data services.

The development for the server started three years ago with the aim to create a professional system to manage broadcasting services nation wide. Thus the multiplexer is designed to run 24 hours a day, 365 days a year without the need of any staff.

OCTO is designed to read in several data formats like USEP, UECP, RTCM, TNPP, TEC, customized formats, etc. on up to 64 serial or network-based (X21, TCP/IP) ports. The output to the encoder (net) can be either USEP or UECP, Universal Encoder Communication Protocol (EBU SPB 490) or both at the same time. The output stream is time controlled to harmonize the on air data to a constant data flow. The software can be adjusted by options and filters in many ways; by various log files the system can be controlled and managed easily.

The network server is delivered in 19" technique and is equipped with a complete active backup. The server is in operation (in RDS mode) at several sites: