TRACS1 Single channel compliance recorder

The minimum TRACS system is based on a N+1 box infrastructure. One unit is called Recorder. This 19” 1RU case is capable of recording up to 30, 90 or 150 days, depending on which TRACS is purchased. The disk capacity determines the amount of days it can record, specified at 512Kb/s without recording VBI. When a certain amount of disk space is used, the Recorder starts deleting the oldest data.

The second unit is the request server. Trough this box the user can change settings of the recorders and access recorded video. A request on the request server application software will trigger a copy of that material from the recorder to the request server and will be played from here. This procedure prevents accidental deletion and increases the data integrity. The system can be connected to the station time reference via an unbalanced SMPTE 309M timecode signal. Time synchronization can also be done via an external NTP. You need 1 request server for an N-amount of recorders. Hence we call it a N+1 box solution